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      • Neuroptera (Net-winged Insects)
      • Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
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      • Phthiraptera (Lice)
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      • Siphonaptera (Fleas)
      • Thysanoptera (Thrips)
      • Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
      • Zygentoma = Thysanura (Silverfish)
  • The Pseudo Insects
    • Class Entognatha (the Pseudo Insects; Diplura & Protura)
    • Class Collembola (Springtails)

Blacks

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

Pasture Day Moth, Apina callisto Broad-banded Carpet, Chrysolarentia conifasciata  Ceremonial Heath Moth, Dichromodes confluaria Parapoynx euryscia   Black and White Tiger Moth, Ardices glatignyi  Green Mosaic Geometrid, Archephanes zalosema (Ennominae: Nacophorini) IMG 6690 Scoparia exibitalis  IMG 0159  IMG 7223  Serpentine Moth, Dinophalus serpentaria  Cosmaresta niphias  IMG 8742     Limnaecia camptosema  Technitis campylosticha    White-point Crest-moth, Chlenias ochrocrana (male)  Eudonia epicryma  Variable Cutworm, Agrotis porphyricollis  Capua intractana   Mottled Epicoma, Epicoma pontificalis  Striped Cape-moth, Amelora leucaniata  cf. Aproaerema simplexella  Diamond Back or Cabbage Moth, Plutella xylostella  Monopis cf. ethelella   Magpie or Senecio Moth, Nyctemera amicus  Yellow-banded Day-moth, Eutrichopidia latinus    IMG 1602  Grapevine Moth,  Phalaenoides glycinae      Heliothela sp.  Spotted Lichen Moth, Asura cervicalis (male)  Whistling Moth, Hecatesia fenestrata  IMG 5817  Red Footman, Scoliacma bicolora  IMG 5305  Salma ebenina  Black-barred Carpet, Xanthorhoe anthracinata  Black geometrid, Melanodes anthracitaria     Doubleday's Footman, Castulo doubledayi        IMG 6779  Bondia nigella  Lecithocera terrigena

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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