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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)
      • Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
      • Hemiptera (Bugs, hoppers, scales & aphids)
      • Hymenoptera (Sawflies, Bees, Wasps & Ants)
      • Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
      • 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)

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

Pome Looper, Chloroclystis testulata  Apple Looper, Phrissogonus laticostata Lichenaula onychotypa   IMG 5049 IMG 8447  White-patch Bark Moth, Scioglyptis lyciaria  Philobota moestella Strepsicrates infensa J Duggan03 m DSCF0481  Ericrypsina chorodoxa  IMG 3562    Cadra sp. reared form larva found in rice  Chlenias banksiaria Group  cf. Chlenias sp. Agriophara cf. confertella   . Ryan Francis Melanodes anthracitaria  Tobacco Looper, Chrysodeixis argentifera  McQuillan's Ghost Moth, Abantiades mcquillani   Australia moth Glyphipterigidae Glyphipterix       IMG 2693 2  Notoreas aethalopa    Leistomorpha brontoscopa    Funeral Carpet, Horisme mortuata  Arched Casbia, Casbia tetramera  Rufous Snout Moth, Pararguda rufescens  Two-ribbed Arctiid, Palaeosia bicosta  White-spotted Carpet, Eccymatoge callizona  Procrena Footman, Damias procrena  Pasture Day Moth, Apina callisto  Hobart Notodontid, Hobartina amblyiodes  Hylaeora sp. Great Rough-head, Hylaeora caustropis  Australian Cabbage Looper, Chrysodeixis subsidens  Ribbed Wine Moth, Oenochroma vetustaria (female) Neola semiaurata J Duggan02 m Aedia arctipennis  Green Cutworm, Neumichtis cf. spumigera  Heliothela sp. Barea melanodelta E McD01b m Grease Moth or Large Tabby, Aglossa pinguinalis Holocola sp.  Tanaoctena pygmaeodes Scolioplecta comptana    White-patch Bark Moth, Scioglyptis lyciaria  Zyganisus fulvicollis  Gum Leaf Skeletoniser, Uraba lugens  Black-barred Carpet, Xanthorhoe anthracinata  Spectrotrota fimbrialis  Banksia Moth, Psalidostetha banksiae  Salma ebenina    

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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