Micro-Moths of New Zealand's Kauri Kingdom

This guide aims to illustrate the diverse range of micro-moths recorded from New Zealand's upper North Island.
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Anarsia dryinopa ¹

Aristotelia paradesma ²

Elachista archaeonoma ³

Epiphthora melanombra ⁴

Epiphthora nivea ⁵

Eutorna inornata ⁶

Helcystogramma phryganitis ⁷

Izatha prasophyta ⁸

Monochroa leptocrossa ⁷

Potato Tuber Moth ⁹
Phthorimaea operculella

Scieropepla typhicola ¹⁰

Stathmopoda caminora ¹¹

Thylacosceles acridomima ¹²

Thylacosceles radians ²

Houdinia flexilissima ¹³

False Raspberry Bud Moth ⁴
Eutorna phaulocosma

Blastobasis tarda ¹⁴

Barea codrella ¹⁵

Blastobasis marmorosella ²

Tingena grata ¹⁶

Izatha taingo ¹⁷

Opsitycha squalidella ¹⁸

Elachista ¹⁹

Schiffermuelleria orthophanes ⁶

Tingena crotala ⁶

Atomotricha ¹⁹

Gymnobathra tholodella ²⁰

Kowhai Seed Moth ²⁰
Stathmopoda aposema

Olearia Skeletoniser ²¹
Agriophara colligatella

Donacostola notabilis ²²

Tarata Flat Moth ²³
Nymphostola galactina

Trachypepla indolescens ²⁴

Tingena armigerella ⁶

Tingena chrysogramma ⁶

Tingena clarkei ²⁵

Atomotricha isogama ¹⁹

Microcolona limodes ⁴

Coleophora mayrella ²⁶

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Micro-Moths of New Zealand's Kauri Kingdom

Potato Tuber Moth 9 Phthorimaea operculella

False Raspberry Bud Moth 4 Eutorna phaulocosma

Kowhai Seed Moth 20 Stathmopoda aposema

Olearia Skeletoniser 21 Agriophara colligatella

Tarata Flat Moth 23 Nymphostola galactina

Potato Tuber Moth ⁹
Phthorimaea operculella

False Raspberry Bud Moth ⁴
Eutorna phaulocosma

Kowhai Seed Moth ²⁰
Stathmopoda aposema

Olearia Skeletoniser ²¹
Agriophara colligatella

Tarata Flat Moth ²³
Nymphostola galactina