Macro-Moths of New Zealand's Kauri Kingdom

All 174
Biostatus
Endemic 15
Behaviour
nocturnal 15

Cinnabar moth ¹
Tyria jacobaeae

Green Garden Looper ²
Chrysodeixis eriosoma

Cotton Bollworm Moth ³
Helicoverpa armigera

Northern armyworm ⁴
Mythimna separata

Variable Yellow Underwing ⁵
Hypocala deflorata

Oriental leafworm moth ⁶
Spodoptera litura

Slender Burnished Brass ⁷
Thysanoplusia orichalcea

Heliotrope Moth ⁸
Utetheisa pulchelloides

Utetheisa pulchelloides vaga ⁹

Ipsilon Dart Moth ¹⁰
Agrotis ipsilon

Tobacco Looper ²
Chrysodeixis argentifera

Bogong Moth ¹¹
Agrotis infusa

Crimson-speckled Flunkey ¹²
Utetheisa pulchella

Eastern Streaked Plusia ¹³
Ctenoplusia albostriata

Castor Semi-looper ⁵
Achaea janata

Slender owlet moth ¹⁴
Rhapsa scotosialis

Australian magpie moth ⁸
Nyctemera amicus

Dot-underwing Moth ¹⁵
Eudocima materna

Lantana Stick Moth ¹⁶
Neogalea sunia

Green-blotched Moth ²
Cosmodes elegans

Pinion-streaked Snout ¹⁴
Schrankia costaestrigalis

Southern Moon Moth ⁸
Dasypodia selenophora

Brown Cutworm ⁸
Agrotis munda

Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta ¹⁷

Scar bank gem ¹⁸
Ctenoplusia limbirena

New Zealand Magpie Moth ¹⁹
Nyctemera annulata

Guava Moth ²⁰
Ophiusa disjungens

Gum Leaf Skeletonizer ⁸
Uraba lugens

Pantydia sparsa ⁸

Agrotis innominata ²¹

Artigisa melanephele ²²

Athetis tenuis ⁸

Bityla defigurata ²¹

Bityla sericea ²³

Northern wattle moth ²¹
Dasypodia cymatodes

Diarsia intermixta ⁸

Ectopatria aspera ²⁴

Mahoe-stripper moth ¹⁴
Feredayia graminosa

Australian Fruitworm ⁸
Helicoverpa punctigera

Sugar Cane Armyworm ²⁵
Leucania stenographa

Meterana decorata ²⁶

Meterana alcyone ²⁷

Meterana coeleno ²⁸

Meterana diatmeta ²⁷

Cabbage tree moth ²⁹
Epiphryne verriculata

Epyaxa lucidata ³⁰

Plantain moth ²
Scopula rubraria

New Zealand Looper ²¹
Epyaxa rosearia

Red-spotted delicate ²
Epicyme rubropunctaria

Native cranberry moth ²⁴
Poecilasthena pulchraria

Notoreas ³¹

Austrocidaria gobiata ²⁶

Austrocidaria callichlora ²¹

Austrocidaria parora ²¹

Austrocidaria similata ²¹

Pasiphila lunata ²¹

Lesser brown evening moth ²¹
Gellonia pannularia

Tatosoma tipulata ²¹

golden grass carpet ³²
Anachloris subochraria

Asaphodes beata ²¹

Asaphodes limonodes ²¹

Austrocidaria bipartita ²⁸

Chalastra aristarcha ¹⁴

Chalastra ochrea ²¹

Chalastra pellurgata ²⁷

Australian Pug Moth ³³
Chloroclystis filata

Chloroclystis sphragitis ²¹

Kawakawa looper ²⁷
Cleora scriptaria

Declana niveata ²⁷

Declana leptomera ¹⁴

Forest Semilooper ¹⁴
Declana floccosa

Declana hermione ³⁴

Declana junctilinea ²¹

Elvia glaucata ²¹

Epiphryne undosata ²¹

Epyaxa venipunctata ²¹

Helastia cinerearia ²¹

Helastia cymozeucta ²¹

Helastia farinata ²¹

Helastia mutabilis ²¹

Helastia semisignata ²¹

Horisme suppressaria ²¹

Dark-banded Carpet Moth ²¹
Hydriomena deltoidata

Hydriomena hemizona ²¹

Hydriomena rixata ²¹

Ischalis fortinata ³⁵

Ischalis gallaria ²¹

Ischalis nelsonaria ²¹

Ischalis variabilis ¹⁴

Microdes epicryptis ²⁶

Microdes quadristrigata ²¹

Flax window-maker ²¹
Orthoclydon praefectata

Pasiphila bilineolata ³⁴

Pasiphila semochlora ³⁶

Green Broom Pug ²¹
Pasiphila melochlora

Emerald Pug Moth ³⁷
Pasiphila muscosata

Pasiphila plinthina ²¹

Kanuka looper ²¹
Poecilasthena schistaria

Poecilasthena subpurpureata ³⁸

Hook-tip fern looper ²¹
Sarisa muriferata

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