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Izatha blepharidotaObserver
tony_steerDescription
Found resting on plant at night.
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Tingena plagiatellaObserver
tony_steerDescription
Caught during the day - beautiful markings.
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Sagephora felixObserver
dr_robertDescription
Disturbed from trackside vegetation in the afternoon.
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Tribe ArchipiniObserver
christopherstephensDescription
The zigzag that fades in the middle looks a bit like https://inaturalist.nz/observations/106194438 but otherwise stumped. Looked through all the archived Landcare photos in Tortricidae
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Western Brown Carpet (Asaphodes cataphracta)Observer
carey-knox-southern-scalesDescription
Two nights, three days in the Fox Range. Camping at around 1,650 metres a.s.l.
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Common Bag Moth (Liothula omnivora)Observer
househopper_jrDescription
caught in a Heath trap
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Isonomeutis amauropaObserver
jtweedDescription
Disturbed from seepage vegetation during the day.
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Broom Flash (Pseudocoremia melinata)Observer
dr_robertDescription
Larva on Carmichaelia australis, 1 Oct 2020, emerged 8 November.
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Tephrosara cimmeriaObserver
dr_robertDescription
At night on bark of a half dead tree of Pseudopanax infested with the cerambycid beetle Tetrorea cilipes. (Photo not in situ.)
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Wirerush Looper (Aponotoreas synclinalis)Observer
jtweedDescription
Netted flying over wetland vegetation (sphagnum moss, etc.) during the day. Only one specimen seen.
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Wetland Orange (Orocrambus heliotes)Observer
mike68luskDescription
In wetland
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Common Snowgrass Owlet (Ichneutica ceraunias)Observer
lpomareDescription
Numerous moth suicides in brightly-lit bathroom of alpine hut at about 1700m
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Tutu Green Spindle (Tatosoma lestevata)Observer
nhudsonDescription
Attracted to light (40W Actinic & compact fluorescent)
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Green Broom Pug (Pasiphila melochlora)Observer
nhudsonDescription
Attracted to light (40W Actinic & compact fluorescent)
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Asterivora tristisObserver
aucklandmuseumDescription
Asterivora tritis
Holotype
Collected: 16 January 1930
Collected by: A. Philpott
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Ichneutica hartiiObserver
nhudsonDescription
Central North Island form.
Attracted to light, 40w Actinic. 3-4 February 2020.
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Izatha lignyarchaObserver
nhudsonDescription
Attracted to light, 40w Actinic. 4-5 February 2020.
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Ichneutica rubescensObserver
nhudsonDescription
Attracted to light, 40w Actinic (Heath Trap). 5-6 February 2020.
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Greater Alpine Grey (Ichneutica virescens)Observer
nhudsonDescription
Attracted to light, 40w Actinic (Heath Trap). 5-6 February 2020.
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Ichneutica epiastraObserver
nhudsonDescription
Attracted to light, 40w Actinic (Heath Trap). 6-7 February 2020.
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Chocolate Swamp Wainscot (Ichneutica similis)Observer
nhudsonDescription
Attracted to light, 40w Actinic (Heath Trap). 6-7 February 2020.
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Observer
nhudsonDescription
2nd of three specimens.
Attracted to light, 40w Actinic (Heath Trap). 6-7 February 2020.
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Ichneutica hartiiObserver
nhudsonDescription
Attracted to light, 40w Actinic (Heath Trap). 6-7 February 2020.
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Green & Purple Carpet (Hydriomena purpurifera)Observer
jtweedDescription
Caught in light trap.
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Forest Ghost Moth (Aoraia enysii)Observer
joepbDescription
Very large moth under a beech/matai canopy.
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Observer
jtweedDescription
Caught flying through forest understorey during the day.
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Exquisite Carpet (Asaphodes adonis)Observer
jtweedDescription
Caught in light trap. A. adonis?
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Alpine Treasure Owlet (Ichneutica maya)Observer
jtweedDescription
Caught in light trap.
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Grafton Gully/Symonds Street Cemetery, Grafton, Auckland 1010. Native bush remnant.
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Alpine Grassland Orange (Aponotoreas insignis)Observer
possumsendDescription
Day flying with others on the edge of gully systems in tussock/rock tor landscape.
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Ichneutica lithiasObserver
ecomanDescription
Invertebrate attracted to mercury vapour light
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Austramathes pessotaObserver
ecomanDescription
attacted to mercury vapour light trap
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Aristotelia Looper (Epiphryne xanthaspis)Observer
ecomanDescription
photographed near mercury vapour light
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Habrophila compseutaObserver
dr_robertDescription
One of four swept from kiekie in the evening.
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Eudonia hemicyclaObserver
possumsendDescription
Day-flying over a steep rock/herb field at 1100m.
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Genus AustrocidariaObserver
possumsendDescription
Drawn to light. Initially resting with wings upright. Strong scalloping noted in both forewings and hindwings.
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Red-spotted Delicate (Epicyme rubropunctaria)Observer
aalbertrebergenDescription
I have not put an ID on this one because of it's small size, as big a Chloroclystis inductata
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Ichneutica arotisObserver
aalbertrebergenDescription
I am inconclusive about ID...
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Yellow Broom Looper (Samana falcatella)Observer
sorrelDescription
Found in Egmont National Park
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Pyrgotis calligypsaObserver
dwilsonDescription
Landed on my pack. Area of kanuka and tree ferns at edge of podocarp-broadleaved forest.
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Holocola partheniaObserver
dwilsonDescription
Small (c.5mm long) moth, on a liverwort-covered clay bank in forest, beside the Mahurangi River.
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greyDescription
Small moth found resting on Japanese Aralia plant in garden.
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Asaphodes limonodesObserver
jtweedDescription
Attracted to light in podocarp/broadleaf forest.
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Green-Toothed Owlet (Ichneutica chlorodonta)Observer
jtweedDescription
Attracted to light in podocarp/broeadleaf forest.
