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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 Geometroidea

Loopers (Geometridae)
Dirce oriplancta Thick-lined Bark Moth, Didymoctenia exsuperata Bracken Moth, Idiodes apicata Lemon Gum Moth, Plesanemma fucata Radiating Geometrid, Rhynchopsota delogramma Double-fringed Emerald, Chlorocoma dichloraria Boisduval's Emerald, Chlorodes boisduvalaria Orange-grounded Delicate, Poecilasthena anthodes Filata Moth, Chloroclystis filata Hook-winged Carpet, Anachloris uncinata Broad-banded Carpet, Chrysolarentia conifasciata Ceremonial Heath Moth, Dichromodes confluaria Serpentine Moth, Dinophalus serpentaria Patched Leaf Moth, Monoctenia falenaria Ribbed Wine Moth, Oenochroma vetustaria (male) Reddish Wave, Scopula rubraria Triangle Cape-moth, Amelora arotraea White-winged Wedge-moth, Capusa cuculloides Orange-rimmed Satin Moth, Thalaina selenaea Tan-spotted Grey, Pingasa cinerea Textured Emerald, Hypodoxa muscosaria Capusa senilis, Black-banded Wedge-moth (larva) Dry-leaf Gum Moth, Mnesampela comarcha (larvae) Lemon Gum Moth, Plesanemma fucata (larva) Tasmanian Red-lined Looper Moth, Crypsiphona tasmanica (larva) Geometridae larva Geometridae larva Geometridae eggs and larva

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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