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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Taxonomy
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- Superfamily Gracillarioidea
  - 18 Leaf Blotch Miner Moths Family Gracillariidae
  - 2 Family Roeslerstammiidae

Titoki moth ¹
Vanicela disjunctella

Wattle Leafminer ²
Parectopa alysidota

Eucalyptus Leafminer ²
Acrocercops laciniella

Kauri Leafminer ²
Acrocercops leucocyma

Kamahi Leafminer ³
Caloptilia chrysitis

Karamu Leafminer ⁴
Corythoxestis zorionella

Pseudopanax Leafminer ⁵
Eumetriochroa panacitorsens

Titoki Miner ⁴
Conopomorpha cyanospila

Macarostola miniella ²

Macarostola ida ⁶

Azalea Leafminer Moth ⁷
Caloptilia azaleella

Caloptilia chalcodelta ⁸

Caloptilia linearis ⁹

Oak Leafminer ¹⁰
Phyllonorycter messaniella

Wattle gall miner ²
Polysoma eumetalla

Echium leaf miner ⁵
Dialectica scalariella

Dolichernis chloroleuca ¹¹

Porphyrosela hardenbergiella ⁴

Eumetriochroa panacicorticis ⁴

Eumetriochroa aellomacha

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Micro-Moths of New Zealand's Kauri Kingdom

Titoki moth 1 Vanicela disjunctella

Wattle Leafminer 2 Parectopa alysidota

Eucalyptus Leafminer 2 Acrocercops laciniella

Kauri Leafminer 2 Acrocercops leucocyma

Kamahi Leafminer 3 Caloptilia chrysitis

Karamu Leafminer 4 Corythoxestis zorionella

Pseudopanax Leafminer 5 Eumetriochroa panacitorsens

Titoki Miner 4 Conopomorpha cyanospila

Azalea Leafminer Moth 7 Caloptilia azaleella

Oak Leafminer 10 Phyllonorycter messaniella

Wattle gall miner 2 Polysoma eumetalla

Echium leaf miner 5 Dialectica scalariella