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Macro-Moths of New Zealand's North Island

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
Australian Grapevine Moth 14
Phalaenoides glycinae
Slender owlet moth 15
Rhapsa scotosialis
Australian magpie moth 14
Nyctemera amicus
Dot-underwing Moth 16
Eudocima materna
Lantana Stick Moth 17
Neogalea sunia
Green-blotched Moth 2
Cosmodes elegans
Pinion-streaked Snout 15
Schrankia costaestrigalis
Southern Moon Moth 14
Dasypodia selenophora
Brown Cutworm 14
Agrotis munda
Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta 18
Scar bank gem 19
Ctenoplusia limbirena
New Zealand Magpie Moth 20
Nyctemera annulata
Guava Moth 21
Ophiusa disjungens
Gum Leaf Skeletonizer 14
Uraba lugens
Pantydia sparsa 14
Metacrias 22
Agrotis innominata 23
Artigisa melanephele 24
Athetis tenuis 14
Bityla defigurata 23
Bityla sericea 25
Northern wattle moth 23
Dasypodia cymatodes
Diarsia intermixta 14
Ectopatria aspera 26
Mahoe-stripper moth 15
Feredayia graminosa
Australian Fruitworm 14
Helicoverpa punctigera
Ichneutica ceraunias 23
Ichneutica marmorata 23
Sugar Cane Armyworm 27
Leucania stenographa
Metacrias erichrysa 23
Meterana decorata 28
Meterana alcyone 29
Meterana asterope 23
Meterana coeleno 30
Meterana diatmeta 29
Meterana dotata 23
Trigonistis anticlina 23
Large-eyed Box-owlet 14
Grammodes ocellata
Magpie Moth Hybrid 31
Nyctemera annulata × amicus
Meterana grandiosa 32
Meterana inchoata 23
Meterana levis 23
Meterana merope 23
Meterana ochthistis 29
Meterana pansicolor 23
Meterana pascoi 33
Meterana pictula 23
Meterana praesignis 23
Meterana stipata 23
Meterana tartarea 23
Meterana vitiosa 15
Southern Armyworm 29
Persectania aversa
Physetica caerulea 23
Proteuxoa comma 34
Austramathes purpurea 23
Meterana exquisita 32
Tomato Fruitworm Moth 35
Helicoverpa armigera conferta
Agrotis admirationis 23
Austramathes pessota 36
Austramathes fortis 23
Proteuxoa tetronycha 37
Physetica prionistis 38
Physetica sequens 23
Physetica temperata 23
Ichneutica epiastra 39
Flax notcher moth 23
Ichneutica steropastis
Ichneutica arotis 29
Ichneutica semivittata 40
Ichneutica atristriga 29
Ichneutica purdii 29
Ichneutica sulcana 23
Ichneutica propria 41
Ichneutica blenheimensis 23
Ichneutica hartii 33
Ichneutica similis 23
Ichneutica plena 42
New Zealand Cutworm 15
Ichneutica mutans
Ichneutica insignis 41
Ichneutica lignana 15
Ichneutica omoplaca 23
Ichneutica ustistriga 15
Ichneutica infensa 23
Ichneutica mollis 23
Ichneutica rubescens 23
Ichneutica chlorodonta 32

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