Moths
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Crambid Moths
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Grass moth
(Cydalima laticostalis)
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This Grass Moth has silky white wings with brown leading edge on forewings. Read more >
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Cucumber Moth
(Diaphania indica)
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The adult Cucumber Moth has white translucent wings with broad dark brown borders. There is a tuft of brown hairs on the tip of the abdomen. The tuft on the end of the abdomen of the female is bushier than that of the male. Read more >
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(Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis)
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Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis is a small brown moth with yellow dots and blotches. Read more >
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Bean Pod Borer
(Maruca vitrata)
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The adult Bean Pod Borer moth has brown forewings with silvery white patches. The hindwings are mainly white with an irregular brown border. The caterpillars are pale yellow with a pale brown head. Read more >
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Bean Leafroller
(Omiodes diemenalis)
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The adult Bean Leafroller moth is brown with yellow patches. It makes a shelter from a rolled up leaf, hence the common name. Read more >
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no common name
(Parotis marginata)
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Parotis marginata is a brilliant green moth with prominent eyes and long thin antennae. It has a brownish fringe on rear margin of hindwing. It has a tuft of hairs at the end of the abdomen. Read more >
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Beet Webworm
(Spoladea recurvalis)
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The adult Beet Webworm moth is brown with two incomplete white stripes on each forewing, and a complete white stripe across each hindwing. The Caterpillar is brownish-green, with sparse white hairs, and a brown head. It pupates in a silken web of... Read more >
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Emperor Moths
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Emperor Moth
(Syntherata janetta)
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This large emperor moth comes in various colour forms - they can be yellow, orange, pinkish-brown, grey or brick-red. Read more >
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Gelechiidae
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no common name
(Gelechiidae family )
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Gelechiid moth are small with smooth scales and a narrow head. The palpi are upturned and sharp-pointed in a sickle shape. Read more >
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Hawk Moths
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Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Agrius convolvuli)
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The adult Convolvulus Hawk-moth is grey with a light and dark pattern on the wings. The abdomen has pink patches on the side of each segment. They can hover in flight, and they have a long haustellum, which is extended to suck nectar when they... Read more >
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Privet Hawk Moth
(Psilogramma menephron)
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The Privet Hawk Moth is a large grey moth with long narrow wings and a darker grey wavy pattern. The abdomen has a dark line along the back. Males can make a hissing sound by rubbing scales over spines at the end of the abdomen. The caterpillars are... Read more >
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Herminiid Moths
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(Simplicia caeneusalis)
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The adult Simplicia caeneusalis moth is brown with a straight white line across the margin of each forewing. There is a curved white line along the margin of each hindwing. At rest it forms an equilateral triangle shape. Read more >
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Leafrollers, Bell Moths
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Bell Moth
(Tortricidae family )
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Bell Moths are small moths in the Tortricidae family. This species is mainly brown with greyish markings near the tail. The hind wings are curved giving a corrugated appearance. Read more >
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Looper
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Bizarre Looper Moth
(Anisozyga pieroides)
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The Bizarre Looper Moth males and females are very different. Males are green, with a white pattern. Females are translucent green with brown borders. The Bizarre Looper gets its name from the strange appearance of the caterpillars. The mature... Read more >
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Emerald Moth
(Chlorocoma sp)
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Does this moth belong to the Chlorocoma genus or the Prascinocyma genus? It is bright emerald green. It holds its antennae at 180 degrees and tucked under the forewings. It has two spots like eyes at base of wings and three dots like studs on the... Read more >
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no common name
(Cleora displicata)
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Cleora displicata is a greyish brown moth with pattern of fine black wavy lines. The abdomen is grey with thin black bars. It has a black spot under each wing. Read more >
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no common name
(Cleora sp.1)
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Unknown species of Cleora. Moths in the genus Cleora are mostly patterned in browns, creams and blacks Read more >
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no common name
(Cleora sp.2)
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Unknown species of Cleora. Moths in the genus Cleora are mostly patterned in browns, creams and blacks Read more >
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no common name
(Cleora tenebrata)
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Cleora tenebrata is a intricately patterned moth with wavy cream, tan, brown, grey and white markings. Read more >
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no common name
(Comostola laesaria)
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The adult Comostola laesaria moth is green with reddish brown spots on each wing. The four largest spots (one on each wing) look like they have staples through them. The wings have a yellowish margin. The caterpillar is a pale green or brown ... Read more >
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Emerald Moth
(Eucrostes disparata)
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This Emerald moth is green with a reddish-brown fringes. There is a small reddish dot on each hindwing, and a fainter dot on each forewing. Read more >
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no common name
(Eumelea rosalia)
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Eumelea rosalia is a yellow or orange moth with darker speckles. There are two darker bands across each wing. When the wings are spread, these bands make a pattern like the rings of a section of sawn tree trunk. Read more >
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Looper caterpillar
(Geometridae family sp.1)
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Loopers are the caterpillars of moths of the Geometridae family. They move by drawing their rear up to the head then stretching the head forward. When they pull their back end forward the body makes a horse-shoe shape or loop. The adult moths... Read more >
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unknown
(Geometridae family sp.2)
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This could be a member of the Anisodes or Perixera genus, but I'm not sure. It is a small creamy coloured Geometrid moth peppered with fine black spots. There is larger dark spot on each wing. Each wing is edged with a dotted black line like... Read more >
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unknown
(Geometridae family sp.3)
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This could be a member of the Anisodes or Perixera genus, but I'm not sure. It is a fairly drab brown looper moth with four black dots on the wings. Read more >
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unknown
(Geometridae family sp.4)
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Fairly large brown Geometrid moth from subfamily ENNOMINAE. Not sure what species it is. Read more >
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(Gnamptoloma aventiaria)
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The adult Gnamptoloma aventiaria moths vary in colour from green to reddish brown. The wings have a brownish line that crosses each wing. There is a dark spot on each forewing. When at rest the wing spots and lines make a "smiley face" pattern. The... Read more >
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Pink Bellied Moth
(Oenochroma vinaria)
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The Pink Bellied Moth varies in colour from pink to brown. They have a brown or yellow line across the upper surface of each wing. The forewings curve upwards at the tips. the underside of the wings has a large dark purple blotch under each... Read more >
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(Scopula sp.)
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This Geometrid moth belongs to the subfamily Sterrhinae, and is probably a species of Scopula. It is white with fine dark spots, delicate pattern of faint wavy lines and two larger dark spots - one on each hindwing. Read more >
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Noctuid Moths, Armyworms, Semi-Loopers, Owlet Moths
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Castor Semi-Looper moth
(Achaea janata)
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The adult Castor Semi-Looper moth has light and dark brown patterned forewings, and black and white hindwings. The caterpillars are brown with a black and white head initially, later turning bluish-grey with black tail tip. The caterpillars move in... Read more >
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Tobacco Looper
(Chrysodeixis argentifera)
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The Tobacco Looper adult moth is mainly brown, with a tuft of hairs on its head There is a silvery pattern on the forewings and a small letter-S shape. Some adults had grey patches on the forewings. The hind wings are light brown, darker at the end.... Read more >
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Green Blotched Moth
(Cosmodes elegans)
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The moth is brown with a wavy green pattern on the forewings. It has a tuft of hairs on the head. It rests with its wings held in a steep roof shape Caterpillars are smooth and green. Read more >
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(Donuca orbigera)
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This Noctuid moth has prominent eye spots on each fore wing. There are broad creamy white bands running across the wings, and a broken band of spots near the trailing edge of the wing. When seen close up you can see a fine pattern of greyish blue... Read more >
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Owlet Moth
(Dysgonia propyrrha)
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Dysgonia propyrrha is an attractive moth. The head is orange, and the wings are chocolate brown with a whitish speckled bar across each forewing. The trailing edges of the wings are white, and there is a triangular whitish patch on the leading edge... Read more >
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Erabus moth
(Erebus terminitincta)
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Erebus terminitincta is an impressive large moth. It has dark brown wings with large eye spots and a broad white band that curves round the centre of the fore wings and rear wings. The eyes are prominent and antennae are filaments held out in... Read more >
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Eublemma moth
(Eublemma cochylioides)
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This Eublemma is an attractive small moth with broad pink band on each forewing. The pink band forms a V-shape when wings are at rest. The head is white and the thorax is buff coloured. The pink band is bordered by a narrow reddish brown band .... Read more >
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Eublemma moth
(Eublemma sp.)
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This moth is similar to Eublemma cochylioides but smaller. It has a broad pink band edged with dark red on each forewing. The pink band forms a V-shape when wings are at rest. The head is white and the thorax is buff coloured. The pink band is... Read more >
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(Grammodes justa)
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Grammodes justa is a dark brown moth with two parallel white lines across each forewing, and one white line on each hindwing. When at rest it holds its wings in an equilateral triangle shape. Read more >
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Native Budworm, Heliothis punctigera
(Helicoverpa punctigera)
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The adult Native Budworm moth has brown forewings with fine darker markings. The hind wings are buff with a dark border. The underside has dark bands near ends of each wing and two black spots under the forewings. The caterpillar is pale green... Read more >
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Sugarcane Looper
(Mocis frugalis)
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The adult Sugarcane Looper moth is brown with a diagonal dark line with a pale edge across each forewing. There is a row of dark dots between the line and the trailing edge of the forewing. There is also a dark dot on each forewing near the apex on... Read more >
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Fruit-piercing moth
(Noctua sp.)
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Not sure what species this is. It could be a Noctua species - alternatively it may be in the genus Hypocala This moth is plain brown when seen with wings folded. The hind wings are orange with a black spot in the centre and a black margin. Read more >
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Granny's Cloak Moth
(Speiredonia spectans)
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Granny's Cloak Moth is a large brownish grey moth with eye spots and scalloped pattern. These are the large fluttering moths you often see in dark places around the house. From a distance it looks like a boring dark brown moth, but up close it... Read more >
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Armyworm
(Spodoptera litura)
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This Armyworm moth has grey to reddish-brown forewings with a complex pattern of creamy streaks and paler lines along the veins. The hindwings are greyish-white with grey margins. Larvae are variable in colour starting pale green and turning dark... Read more >
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Lawn Armyworm
(Spodoptera mauritia)
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The adult Lawn Armyworm moth is mainly brown with a complex pattern of creamy and grey markings. The trailing edge of the forewings have a fringe of dark and light patches. Read more >
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Lily caterpillar
(Spodoptera picta)
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The lily caterpillar is black with yellow and pale grey or whitish stripes running along the length of the body. There are two black spots like eyes near the rear, and a dark band about a quarter way down the body. The eye is reddish brown. The... Read more >
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Plume Moths
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Plume Moth
(Pterophoridae family )
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Plume Moths hold their narrow wings at right angles to their body when at rest. Their flight is fairly weak. The antennae are short and held out in front of head at right angle to each other. They have long thin legs with spines. The species shown... Read more >
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Pyralid Moths
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(Cardamyla carinentalis)
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Cardamyla carinentalis is a moth found in and around rainforest. The forewings are black and white, and the hindwings are orange with a black spot in the centre and a black border. The moths in the southern part of the range have orange hindwings... Read more >
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(Cardamyla didymalis)
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Cardamyla didymalis is a medium sized black and white moth. The wings are edged with evenly spaced black square spots. The head is orange. The abdomen has black and white bands with some orange along the sides. Read more >
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(Endotricha pyrosalis)
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Endotricha pyrosalis is a brightly coloured small moth. The forewings that are half golden orange and half maroon red. The hindwings are pale orange with a reddish rear margin. The moths rest in a triangular pose, with the head raised and the tail... Read more >
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(Endotricha sp.1)
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This Endotricha is a small purple and brown coloured moth. The forewings are brownish, and the hindwings are purple. All wings have a border of purple and black like a ribbon round the trailing edge. Read more >
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(Endotricha sp.2)
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This Endotricha species is a small reddish brown moth. The forewings have a creamy white band across the centre. At rest, they have an unusual pose with head up and tail curved upwards and wings held almost vertical against the surface. It looks... Read more >
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Indian Meal Moth
(Plodia interpunctella)
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The Indian Meal Moth is a small brown moth that is often a pest in stored food. Once established in can be hard to get rid of as it breeds indoors. When at rest the wings are folded together tightly by the body. The front half of the wings is a pale... Read more >
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Tiger Moths
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Tiger Moth
(Arctiidae family )
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This Tiger Moth has black wings with orange bars and spots. The abdomen is stocky with black and orange bands. Read more >
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Tiger Moth
(Asura sp.)
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This Tiger Moth is black with orange-yellow spots on each forewing. It has a yellow head and feathery antennae. The caterpillar is black and hairy with yellow spots. Read more >
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Orange Spotted Tiger Moth
(Ceryx sp)
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This Orange Spotted Tiger Moth has black wings with five pale orange spots on each wing. The body has black and yellow bands like a wasp. Read more >
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Lichen Moth
(Eilema sp.)
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This Lichen Moth is pale brown. It rests with its wings flat on top of each other. At first glance it can have the appearance of a cockroach. Read more >
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Magpie Moth
(Nyctemera secundiana)
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The Magpie Moth has dark wings with a broad band of large white spots across the fore wings, and large white spots on the rear wings. The abdomen is bright orange yellow and black bands, giving the family common name of Tiger Moth. Male and female... Read more >
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(Schistophleps albida)
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Schistophleps albida is a small white moth with light brown markings. There are two black dots on each fore wing. The legs are white with light brown ends. The Caterpillar is gray with yellow spots, and is covered by sparse long hairs. The pupa is... Read more >
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Heliotrope Moth
(Utetheisa pulchelloides )
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The Heliotrope Moth is brightly coloured have white wings with red, brown and black spots and markings. It is active by day fluttering low over the ground like a small butterfly. The caterpillars are black with orange spots and broken cream lines... Read more >
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Salt and Pepper Moth
(Utetheisa lotrix)
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This moth is very similar to Utetheisa pulchelloides (the Heliotrope moth). Both species have brightly coloured have white wings with red, brown and black spots and markings. Some have orange yellow on the head. The caterpillars are dark... Read more >
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Tussock Moths
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(Euproctis lucifuga)
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Euproctis lucifuga is a small golden yellow moth with feathery antennae. The forewings have a border of brighter gold colour. Read more >
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Tussock Moth
(Lymantriidae family )
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Tussock Moths are fairly large moths with body covered in long scales that look like hair or fur. The wings are held back either flat or in a roof shape. The antennae are tucked back alongside the wings. The caterpillars are usually hairy, with... Read more >
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Wool Moths
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Wool Moth
(Monopis icterogastra)
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Monopis icterogastra is a small black and white moth. The hindwings are a plain golden colour. The head has a tuft of woolly white hairs. Antennae are long and thin held along the length of the wings. Read more >
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