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Macro-Moths of New Zealand's Kauri Kingdom

This guide aims to illustrate the diverse range of macro-moths recorded from New Zealand's upper North Island

Cinnabar moth 1
Tyria jacobaeae
Green Garden Looper 2
Chrysodeixis eriosoma
Cotton Bollworm Moth 2
Helicoverpa armigera ssp. conferta
Northern armyworm 2
Mythimna separata
Variable Yellow Underwing 2
Hypocala deflorata
Oriental leafworm moth 2
Spodoptera litura
Slender Burnished Brass 2
Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Heliotrope Moth 3
Utetheisa pulchelloides
Crimson Speckled Footman 4
Utetheisa pulchelloides ssp. vaga
Dark Sword-Grass 2
Agrotis ipsilon
Tobacco Looper 5
Chrysodeixis argentifera
Bogong Moth 6
Agrotis infusa
Eastern Streaked Plusia 7
Ctenoplusia albostriata
Castor Semi-looper 8
Achaea janata
Slender owlet moth 2
Rhapsa scotosialis
Australian magpie moth 2
Nyctemera amicus
Dot-underwing Moth 9
Eudocima materna
Lantana Stick Moth 10
Neogalea sunia
Green-blotched Moth 5
Cosmodes elegans
Pinion-streaked Snout 2
Schrankia costaestrigalis
Southern Moon Moth 3
Dasypodia selenophora
Brown Cutworm 3
Agrotis munda
Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta 11
Scar bank gem 2
Ctenoplusia limbirena
New Zealand Magpie Moth 12
Nyctemera annulata
Guava Moth 13
Ophiusa disjungens
Gum Leaf Skeletonizer 3
Uraba lugens
Pantydia sparsa 3
Spring Dune Cutworm 14
Agrotis innominata
Artigisa melanephele 15
Athetis tenuis 3
Bityla defigurata 16
Bityla sericea 17
Northern wattle moth 16
Dasypodia cymatodes
Diarsia intermixta 3
Ectopatria aspera 18
Mahoe-stripper moth 2
Feredayia graminosa
Australian Fruitworm 3
Helicoverpa punctigera
Sugar Cane Armyworm 19
Leucania stenographa
Meterana decorata 20
Meterana alcyone 21
Meterana coeleno 22
Meterana diatmeta 21
Cabbage tree moth 23
Epiphryne verriculata
Epyaxa lucidata 24
Plantain moth 5
Scopula rubraria
New Zealand Looper 16
Epyaxa rosearia
Red-spotted delicate 5
Epicyme rubropunctaria
Native cranberry moth 18
Poecilasthena pulchraria
Notoreas 25
Austrocidaria gobiata 20
Austrocidaria callichlora 16
Austrocidaria parora 16
Austrocidaria similata 16
Pasiphila lunata 16
Lesser brown evening moth 16
Gellonia pannularia
Tatosoma tipulata 16
golden grass carpet 26
Anachloris subochraria
Asaphodes beata 16
Asaphodes limonodes 16
Austrocidaria bipartita 22
Chalastra aristarcha 2
Chalastra ochrea 16
Chalastra pellurgata 21
Australian Pug Moth 27
Chloroclystis filata
Chloroclystis sphragitis 16
Kawakawa looper 21
Cleora scriptaria
Declana niveata 21
Ipana leptomera 2
Forest Semilooper 2
Declana floccosa
Ipana hermione 28
Ipana junctilinea 16
Elvia glaucata 16
Epiphryne undosata 16
Epyaxa venipunctata 16
Helastia cinerearia 16
Helastia cymozeucta 16
Helastia farinata 16
Helastia mutabilis 16
Helastia semisignata 16
Horisme suppressaria 16
Dark-banded Carpet Moth 16
Hydriomena deltoidata
Hydriomena hemizona 16
Hydriomena rixata 16
Ischalis fortinata 29
Ischalis gallaria 16
Ischalis nelsonaria 16
Ischalis variabilis 2
Microdes epicryptis 20
Microdes quadristrigata 16
Flax window-maker 16
Orthoclydon praefectata
Pasiphila bilineolata 28
Pasiphila semochlora 30
Green Broom Pug 16
Pasiphila melochlora
Emerald Pug Moth 31
Pasiphila muscosata
Pasiphila plinthina 16
Kanuka looper 16
Poecilasthena schistaria
Poecilasthena subpurpureata 32
Hook-tip fern looper 16
Sarisa muriferata
Sestra flexata 28

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