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  • The Insect Orders
    • Orders A-M
      • Archaeognatha (Bristletails)
      • Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
      • Coleoptera (Beetles)
      • Dermaptera (Earwigs)
      • Diptera (Flies)
      • Embioptera (Web-Spinners)
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      • Hemiptera (Bugs, hoppers, scales & aphids)
      • Hymenoptera (Sawflies, Bees, Wasps & Ants)
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      • Mantodea (Mantids)
      • Mecoptera (Hanging Flies, Scorpion Flies)
      • Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies)
    • Orders N-Z
      • Neuroptera (Net-winged Insects)
      • Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
      • Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets)
      • Phasmida (Stick & Leaf Insects)
      • Phthiraptera (Lice)
      • Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
      • Psocoptera (Booklice & Psocids)
      • Strepsiptera (Strepsipterans)
      • Siphonaptera (Fleas)
      • Thysanoptera (Thrips)
      • Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
      • Zygentoma = Thysanura (Silverfish)
  • The Pseudo Insects
    • Class Entognatha (the Pseudo Insects; Diplura & Protura)
    • Class Collembola (Springtails)

Beige

On this page click on the picture to take you to the moth pages.

IMG 8475  IMG 8566  Cream Wave, Scopula perlata  IMG 2236  Cream Wave, Scopula perlata  Varied Wave, Scopula optivata  Variable Cutworm, Agrotis porphyricollis    Trigonistis asthenopa  IMG 0920  IMG 0186  IMG 8419  Native Budworm, Helicoverpa punctigera  Sedenia cervalis  Hellula hydralis, Cabbage Centre Grub      IMG 8427  Straight-winged Bracken Moth, Idiodes siculoides  Grey Twisted-moth, Circopetes obtusata    Tymbophora peltastis    IMG 6108      Gap-lined Pantydia, Pantydia diemeni  Dashed Geometrid, Dissomorphia australiaria (male)  Dashed Geometrid, Dissomorphia australiaria (female)  IMG 0897    Amelora sparsularia  IMG 6649  Etiella behrii    cf. Nearcha sp.. Common Anthelid, Anthela acuta  ?Pachyrhabda nr. steropodes  Ioptera aristogona  IMG 0858  IMG 0225         Scoparia ithyntis  Banksia Boring Moth, Arotrophora arcuatalis  Batrachedra sp.  Golden-winged Gum Moth, Mnesampela heliochrysa   IMG 8091       Slender Fraus, Fraus nanus    Heteroteucha anthodora    IMG 0154  Batrachedra sp.     Palaeosia sp. (2)    Pseliastis sp. (Heliozelidae)  Rusty Snout, Sandava xylistis  Sandava xylistis J Duggan01 m  Buff Bark Moth, Gastrinodes bitaeniaria. Oblong Bark Moth, 'Cleora' nesiotis  IMG 1596  Vine Hawk Moth, Hippotion celerio  cf. Crambidae    Taxeotis adelpha  Long-nosed epidemia, Epidesmia hypenaria  IMG 5275  Metasia capnochroa  Wood-grain Artigisa, Artigisa lignicolaria Wattle Snout Moth, Pararguda nasuta  Urticating Anthelid, Anthela nicothoe  Acute Point-moth, unplaced Lithinini species, biplaga        Hednota acontophora     Two-streaked Armyworm, Leucania exarans  IMG 1021    IMG 0421  cf. Meristastis laganodes  IMG 5609    cf. Anisogona mediana   cf. Clarana clarana  Sinpunctiptilia sp.  Stenoptilia zophodactylus  IMG 8435  Tasmanian Footman, Damias sicciodes  Halone sobria  Epiphyas xylodes Nola sp. Diagonal Y Tuft-moth, Nola aulacota  Serpentine Moth, Dinophalus serpentaria  Acroceuthes metaxanthana    IMG 0852  Xylorycta calligramma  IMG 1749                Late Oxycanus, Oxycanus antipoda  Striped Cape-moth, Amelora leucaniata

The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania team acknowledges the palawa people; the traditional owners of lutruwita/ Tasmania. We respect their knowledge, connection and care of the land that we share and its ecosystems, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.  

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