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    • Orders A-M
      • Archaeognatha (Bristletails)
      • Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
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      • Dermaptera (Earwigs)
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      • Hemiptera (Bugs, hoppers, scales & aphids)
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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)

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

. Oncoptera cf. intricata  Sedenia cervalis  Ancylis sp.  IMG 8465  Rusty Snout, Sandava xylistis  Opsitycha squalidella  Elachista sp. (Elachistidae)  Wood-grain Artigisa, Artigisa lignicolaria  IMG 9958  IMG 7402    Thema protogramma  IMG 5262  IMG 8091  Ryan Francis Aenetus ombraloma   Eupselia cf. satrapella  Tineidae Opogona nr. stenocraspeda moth Australia  Stathmopoda auriferella    Phytotrypa pretiosella  Oecophorinae    Doubleday's Footman, Castulo doubledayi Showy Geometrid, Niceteria macrocosma .Tree Lucerne Moth, Uresiphita ornithopteralis    Thema xiphochrysa Stathmopoda nr. chalcotypa  Crepidosceles exanthema    Macrobathra chrysotoxa    Palimmeces poecilella  IMG 9485    Forked Footman, Phaeophlebosia furcifera Golden Grass Carpet, Anachloris subochraria  Lorne Carpet, Chrysolarentia epicteta  Lemon Gum Moth, Plesanemma fucata    Mecynata Moth, Chrysolarentia mecynata     Habroscopa iriodes    Heliocosma incongruana (Tortricidae: unplaced to subfamily)  Halone sobria  A060017John D 2  Mionolena sp.  Crocanthes glycina

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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