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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)

Superfamily Bombycoidea

Anthelidae (Anthelid Moths)
Common Anthelid, Anthela acuta Anthela ferruginosa, Rusty Anthelid Eye-spot Anthelid, Anthela ocellata Pterolocera amplicornis complex (male) Anthela sp. (larva) Pterolocera amplicornis complex larvae Anthelid larva Anthelid larva

Lasiocampidae (Snout Moths)
Spotted Clear-winged Snout Moth, Genduara punctigera Wattle Snout Moth, Pararguda nasuta Neat Pinara, Pinara cana (female) Fasciated Porela, Porela subfasciata White-spotted Snout Moth, Opsirhina albigutta (female) Spotted Clear-winged Snout Moth, Genduara punctigera (larva) Casuarina Moth, Pernattia pusilla (larva) Pararguda sp. larva Common Gum Snout Moth, Entometa fervens (larva)

Saturniidae (Emperor Moths)
Helena Gum Moth, Opodiphthera helena Helena Gum Moth, Opodiphthera helena Helena Gum Moth, Opodiphthera helena (early instar larva) Helena Gum Moth, Opodiphthera helena (mid instar larva) Helena Gum Moth, Opodiphthera helena (late instar larva)

Sphingidae (Hawk Moths)
Vine Hawk Moth, Hippotion celerio Coprosma Hawk Moth, Hippotion scrofa Coprosma Hawk Moth, Hippotion scrofa

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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