List of Lepidoptera of New Zealand
Encyclopedia
Lepidoptera of New Zealand consist of both the Butterflies
and Moths
recorded from the islands of New Zealand
. According to a recent estimate, there are a total of about 1,800 Lepidoptera
species present in New Zealand. Of these, about 1,600 are endemic. Lepidoptera
is the third largest insect order
in New Zealand.
This page provides a link to either individual species or genera. The latter is used when all species of the genus are endemic to New Zealand, the individual species can be found on the genus page.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
and Moths
Moths
Moths may refer to:* Gustav Moths , German rower* The Moths!, an English indie rock band* MOTHS, members of the Memorable Order of Tin Hats...
recorded from the islands of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. According to a recent estimate, there are a total of about 1,800 Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
species present in New Zealand. Of these, about 1,600 are endemic. Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
is the third largest insect order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
in New Zealand.
This page provides a link to either individual species or genera. The latter is used when all species of the genus are endemic to New Zealand, the individual species can be found on the genus page.
Butterflies
- Tiramula hamatus hamatus Macleay, 1826
- Junonia villida calybe Godart, 1819
- Vanessa kershawi McCoy, 1868
- Percnodaimon pluto Butler, 1876
- Hypolimnas bolinaHypolimnas bolinaThe Great Eggfly , also called the Blue Moon Butterfly in New Zealand or Common Eggfly, is a species of nymphalid butterfly.-Race bolina:...
nerina Fabricius, 1775 - Lycaena boldenarum (Lycaena boldenarum boldenarum White, 1862, Lycaena boldenarum caerulaea Salmon, 1946 and Lycaena boldenarum ianthina Salmon, 1946 )
- Erebiola butleriErebiola butleriErebiola butleri is a butterfly endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, the sole member of the genus Erebiola....
Fereday, 1879 - Vanessa gonerilla ida Alfken, 1899
- Zizina labradusZizina labradusZizina labradus, commonly known as the Common Grass Blue, Grass Blue, or Clover Blue, is a small Australian butterfly of the Lycaenidae family.-Description:...
labradus (Godart, 1824) - Lycaena salustiusLycaena salustiusThe Common Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is 24–35 mm. Adults are on wing from October to April.The larvae feed on Muehlenbeckia species.-External links:*...
Fabricius, 1793 - Catopsilia pomonaCatopsilia pomonaThe Common Emigrant or Lemon Emigrant is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia. The species gets its name from its habit of migration. Some early authors considered them as two distinct species Catopsilia crocale and Catopsilia pomona.-Description:The species has...
pomona Fabricius, 1775 - Melanitis ledaMelanitis ledaMelanitis leda, the Common Evening Brown, is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in Africa, South Asia and South-east Asia extending to parts of Australia.-Description:...
bankia Fabricius, 1775 - Lycaena feredayiLycaena feredayiThe Glade Copper is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is 25–32 mm. Adults are on wing from November to December and from February to the beginning of April....
Bates, 1867 - Dodonidia helmsii Butler, 1884
- Zizina otisZizina otisThe Lesser Grass Blue, Zizina otis, is a species of blue butterfly found in south Asia. The Lesser Grass Blue is often misidentified as the Common Grass Blue, Zizina labradus.-Male upperside:...
(Fabricius, 1787) - Danaus chrysippusDanaus chrysippusDanaus chrysippus, known as the Plain Tiger or African Monarch, is a common butterfly which is widespread in Asia and Africa. It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae...
petilia Stoll, 1790 - Lampides boeticusLampides boeticusThe Peablue, Pea Blue, or Long-tailed Blue is a small butterfly found in Europe, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia that belongs to the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged family....
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Danaus plexippus plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
- Vanessa gonerilla gonerilla Fabricius, 1775
- Lycaena rauparaha Fereday, 1877
- Oreixenica lathionella herceus Waterhouse and Lyell, 1914
- Pieris rapae rapae Linnaeus, 1758
- Opsiphanes cassina Felder and Felder, 1862
- Zizina otisZizina otisThe Lesser Grass Blue, Zizina otis, is a species of blue butterfly found in south Asia. The Lesser Grass Blue is often misidentified as the Common Grass Blue, Zizina labradus.-Male upperside:...
oxleyi (Felder and Felder, 1865) - Opsiphanes tamarindi Felder and Felder, 1861
- Argyrophenga antipodum Doubleday, 1845
- Argyrophenga harrisi Craw, 1978
- Argyrophenga janitae Craw, 1978
- Vanessa itea Fabricius, 1775
Arctiidae
- MetacriasMetacriasMetacrias is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. All species are endemic to New Zealand.-Species:*Metacrias erichrysa Meyrick, 1886*Metacrias huttoni Butler, 1879*Metacrias strategica -References:*...
- Nyctemera amica White, 1841
- Nyctemera annulataNyctemera annulataNyctemera annulata, commonly known as the Magpie Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. The subspecies A...
Boisduval, 1832 - Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Utetheisa lotrix lotrixUtetheisa lotrixThe Crotalaria Moth is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in most of the old world tropics.The wingspan is about 30 mm.The larvae feed on Crotalaria species.-Subspecies:...
Cramer, 1777 - Utetheisa pulchelloides vagaUtetheisa pulchelloidesThe Heliotrope Moth is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the Indo-Australian region including Borneo, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Papua, Seychelles and most of Australia....
Jordan, 1939
Batrachedridae
- Batrachedra agauraBatrachedra agauraBatrachedra agaura is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is 13-17 mm.The larvae feed on scale insects....
Meyrick, 1901 - Batrachedra arenosellaBatrachedra arenosellaThe Coconut Moth is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in India, Indonesia and Malaya as well as New Zealand and Australia, from the Northern Territory and northern Queensland to New South Wales and South Australia.The wingspan is about 10 mm...
Walker, 1864 - Batrachedra astrictaBatrachedra astrictaBatrachedra astricta is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand....
Philpott, 1930 - Batrachedra eucolaBatrachedra eucolaBatrachedra eucola is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1889 - Batrachedra filicicolaBatrachedra filicicolaBatrachedra filicicola is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 8 mm. The head and thorax are bronzy-whitish. The palpi have appressed scales and are whitish, with faint greyish marks at the apex of the second joint and at the base and apex...
Meyrick, 1917 - Batrachedra litterataBatrachedra litterataBatrachedra litterata is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand....
Philpott, 1928 - Batrachedra psithyraBatrachedra psithyraBatrachedra psithyra is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The larvae feed on various ferns....
Meyrick, 1889 - Batrachedra tristictaBatrachedra tristictaBatrachedra tristicta is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The larvae feed on the seed heads of Juncus gregiflorus....
Meyrick, 1901
Blastobasidae
- Blastobasis tardaBlastobasis tardaBlastobasis tarda is a moth of the Blastobasidae family. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales, as well as New Zealand.The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults have brown forewings with fringes along the inner margin that are longer than the width of the rest of the wing...
Meyrick, 1902 - Oegoconia caradjaiOegoconia caradjaiOegoconia caradjai is a species of gelechioid moth. It is known from most of Europe, except Fennoscandia and the north-east. It is also found in New Zealand....
Popescu-Gorj and Capuse, 1965
Carposinidae
- Campbellana attenuata Salmon and Bradley, 1956
- Ctenarchis cramboides Dugdale, 1995
- Glaphyrarcha euthrepta Meyrick, 1938
- Carposina adreptellaCarposina adreptellaCarposina adreptella is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.-Taxonomy:Meyrick misinterpreted Walker's type material and this species was long named the New Zealand Raspberry Budmoth, while this was in fact a species different from Carposina adreptella. It is now known as...
(Walker, 1864) - Carposina canescensCarposina canescensCarposina canescens is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 15-17 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are whitish-grey. The abdomen is whitish-ochreous. The forewings are grey with a faint greenish tinge and a black basal area on the costa, reaching half across...
Philpott, 1930 - Carposina contactellaCarposina contactellaCarposina contactella is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 15–16mm. The head and thorax are white and the abdomen is grey-whitish...
(Walker, 1866) - Carposina cryodanaCarposina cryodanaCarposina cryodana is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The head and thorax are white, slightly speckled with grey. The abdomen and legs are ochreous-whitish. The forewings are elongate, narrow, oblong, the costa moderately arched, the apex...
(Meyrick, 1885) - Carposina epomianaCarposina epomianaCarposina epomiana is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 17 mm. The head and thorax are white, irrorated with light grey. The abdomen and legs are ochreous-whitish. The forewings are elongate, narrow, oblong, the costa moderately arched, the apex...
(Meyrick, 1885) - Carposina eriphyllaCarposina eriphyllaCarposina eriphylla is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 26 mm. The head and thorax are whitish-greenish and the shoulders...
(Meyrick, 1888) - Carposina exochanaCarposina exochanaCarposina exochana is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 21 mm. The head and thorax are ochreous-white. The antennae, abdomen and legs are ochreous-whitish, the anterior legs suffused with dark fuscous...
(Meyrick, 1888) - Carposina gonosemanaCarposina gonosemanaCarposina gonosemana is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The head and thorax are white. The forewings are narrow, the costa gently arched, somewhat bent before the middle and the hindmargin straight. They are white with scattered grey scales...
(Meyrick, 1882) - Carposina ignobilisCarposina ignobilisCarposina ignobilis is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 16 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are grey mixed with brown and the abdomen is ochreous. The forewings are narrow and ochreous-grey densely irrorated with fuscous. The basal patch is...
Philpott, 1930 - Carposina iophaeaCarposina iophaeaCarposina iophaea is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The head, palpi, and thorax are dark fuscous irrorated with whitish. The abdomen is grey, while the two basal segments are whitish-ochreous. The forewings are elongate, narrow, the costa...
(Meyrick, 1907) - Carposina literataCarposina literataCarposina literata is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand....
(Philpott, 1930) - Carposina maculosaCarposina maculosaCarposina maculosa is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the Lyttelton Hills and Otago....
(Philpott, 1927) - Carposina morbidaCarposina morbidaCarposina morbida is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 26 mm. The head, thorax and abdomen are ochreous-whitish, the shoulders with an ochreous spot. The forewings are elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, the costa gently arched,...
(Meyrick, 1912) - Carposina philpotti hudsoniCarposina philpottiCarposina philpotti is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.-Subspecies:*Carposina philpotti philpotti...
(Dugdale, 1988) - Carposina philpotti philpottiCarposina philpottiCarposina philpotti is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.-Subspecies:*Carposina philpotti philpotti...
(Dugdale, 1971) - Carposina rubophagaCarposina rubophagaThe New Zealand Raspberry Budmoth is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 14-17 mm. Adults are very variable, some individuals being very light in colour, others very dark, darkish-brown, or dark grey. One variety has a pair of dark converging lines...
(Dugdale, 1988) - Carposina sanctimoneaCarposina sanctimoneaCarposina sanctimonea is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 23 mm. The head is whitish, the thorax grey-white, the antennae whitish and the abdomen pale grey. The forewings are elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, the costa gently arched, the...
(Clarke, 1926) - Carposina sarcanthesCarposina sarcanthesCarposina sarcanthes is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 15 mm. The head is white, with a few grey specks and the thorax is grey with a curved white median bar. The abdomen is pale pinkish-ochreous...
(Meyrick, 1918) - Coscinoptycha improbanaCoscinoptycha improbanaThe Australian Guava Moth is a moth of the Carposinidae family and only member of the Coscinoptycha genus. It is native to Australia, where it is found from Eungella in Queensland down through New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania...
Meyrick, 1881 - Paramorpha marginataParamorpha marginataParamorpha marginata is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 11 mm. The head, palpi, antennae and thorax are white. The abdomen is ochreous white and the legs are fuscous mixed with whitish. Forewings with costa moderately arched, apex rather...
(Philpott, 1931)
Choreutidae
- Asterivora albifasciataAsterivora albifasciataAsterivora albifasciata is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The head and thorax are bronzy-brown densely sprinkled with white. The antennae are bronzy-brown annulated with white. The abdomen is bronzy-brown, although the segmental divisions...
Philpott, 1924 - Asterivora analogaAsterivora analogaAsterivora analoga is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The head is dark fuscous, the face and sides of the crown are irrorated with white. The antennae are dark fuscous dotted with white. The thorax is dark fuscous, somewhat sprinkled with...
Meyrick, 1912 - Asterivora antigraphaAsterivora antigraphaAsterivora antigrapha is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The head and thorax are dark fuscous irrorated with white. The antennae are dark fuscous dotted with white. The abdomen is dark fuscous, with a series of white scales on the segmental...
Meyrick, 1911 - Asterivora barbigeraAsterivora barbigeraAsterivora barbigera is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 19 mm. The head is bronzy irrorated with white and dark fuscous and the thorax is greyish-bronze sprinkled with white. The abdomen is bronzy-grey, although the segmental margins are white...
Meyrick, 1915 - Asterivora chatuideaAsterivora chatuideaAsterivora chatuidea is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 8 mm for males and 9 mm for females. The head and thorax are dark fuscous irrorated with violet-whitish scales and the antennae are blackish annulated with white...
Clarke, 1926 - Asterivora colpotaAsterivora colpotaAsterivora colpota is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 13 mm. The head and thorax are dark bronzy-fuscous sprinkled with whitish. The antennae are black ringed with white. The abdomen is blackish-fuscous, although the segmental margins are brownish...
Meyrick, 1911 - Asterivora combinatanaAsterivora combinatanaAsterivora combinatana is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.Adults have been recorded from October to April. It is a day flying species....
Walker, 1863 - Asterivora exochaAsterivora exochaAsterivora exocha is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 20 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are grey-whitish mixed with blackish. The antennae are pale grey, ringed with blackish. The abdomen is fuscous, although the segmental margins are mixed with...
Meyrick, 1907 - Asterivora fasciataAsterivora fasciataAsterivora fasciata is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on Cassinia species.-External links:*...
Philpott, 1930 - Asterivora inspoliataAsterivora inspoliataAsterivora inspoliata is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.-External links:*...
Philpott, 1930 - Asterivora iochondraAsterivora iochondraAsterivora iochondra is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The head and thorax are dark brown, with a few whitish specks and the antennae are dark fuscous dotted with white. The abdomen is dark fuscous...
Meyrick, 1911 - Asterivora marmareaAsterivora marmareaAsterivora marmarea is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on Celmisia species.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1888 - Asterivora microlithaAsterivora microlithaAsterivora microlitha is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The head and thorax are irrorated with white above and the antennae are dotted with white. The abdomen has strongly white segmental margins. The forewings are more narrowed towards the...
Meyrick, 1888 - Asterivora ministraAsterivora ministraAsterivora ministra is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 9 mm. The head is dark fuscous and the face sprinkled with white. The antennae are dark fuscous and the thorax is dark fuscous. The abdomen is also dark fuscous, but the segmental margins are...
Meyrick, 1912 - Asterivora nivescensAsterivora nivescensAsterivora nivescens is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The head and palpi are brown densely sprinkled with white and the antennae are blackish annulated with white. The thorax is bronzy-brown, although the tegulae are spotted with white. The...
Philpott, 1926 - Asterivora oleariaeAsterivora oleariaeAsterivora oleariae is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand .The wingspan is 7-8.7 mm. There is one generation per year on the Snares....
Dugdale, 1979 - Asterivora symbolaeaAsterivora symbolaeaAsterivora symbolaea is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1888 - Asterivora tillyardiAsterivora tillyardiAsterivora tillyardi is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 17.5 mm. The head and thorax are white mixed with pale fuscous and the antennae are black annulated with white. The abdomen is bronzy-fuscous, suffusedly annulated with whitish. The legs are...
Philpott, 1924 - Asterivora tristisAsterivora tristisAsterivora tristis is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.-External links:*...
Philpott, 1930 - Asterivora urbanaAsterivora urbanaAsterivora urbana is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 9.5 mm. The head is fuscous with whitish scales and the thorax is bronzy-brown dotted with black and with longer scales. The legs are dark fuscous irrorated with whitish and the antennae are...
Clarke, 1926 - Tebenna micalisTebenna micalisThe Small Thistle Moth, Tebenna micalis, is a species of moth of the Choreutidae family. It is found nearly worldwide although in Europe it is found south of the line Ireland, Great Britain, France and Slovakia. In Britain it is an immigrant that occurs irregularly...
(Mann, 1857)
Coleophoridae
- Coleophora alyconipennella Kollar, 1832
- Coleophora mayrellaColeophora mayrellaThe Metallic Coleophora Moth is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is native to Europe and Armenia, but is an adventive species in the Nearctic ecozone, where it is found throughout the United States and southern Canada. It has also been recorded from New Zealand, Chile and Argentina...
Huebner, [1813] - Coleophora versurellaColeophora versurellaColeophora versurella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It has a Holarctic distribution. Furthermore, it has also been recorded from Argentina, India, the United Arab Emirates and Oman....
Zeller, 1849
Copromorphidae
- IsonomeutisIsonomeutisIsonomeutis is a genus of moths in the Copromorphidae family. All species are endemic to New Zealand.-Species:*Isonomeutis amauropa Meyrick, 1888*Isonomeutis restincta Meyrick, 1923...
- Phycomorpha metachrysaPhycomorpha metachrysaPhycomorpha metachrysa is a moth of the Copromorphidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 19–20 mm. Adults are dark green with raised scale-tufts on the forewings.The larvae feed on Streblus species....
Meyrick, 1914
Cosmopterigidae
- Circoxena ditrochaCircoxena ditrochaCircoxena ditrocha is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family, although some sources place it in the Blastodacnidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is relatively widespread from Auckland to Invercargill....
Meyrick, 1916 - Cosmopterix attenuatellaCosmopterix attenuatellaCosmopterix attenuatella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of both the Old and New World, including the United States, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Brazil,...
(Walker, 1864) - Limnoecia phragmitella Stainton, 1851
- Microcolona characta Meyrick, 1897
- Microcolona limodes Meyrick, 1897
- Pyroderces aellotrichaPyroderces aellotrichaPyroderces aellotricha is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in New Zealand and Australia....
Meyrick, 1889 - Pyroderces anarithma Meyrick, 1889
- Pyroderces apparitella Walker, 1864
- Pyroderces deamatella Walker, 1864
- Thectophila acmotypa Meyrick, 1927
Crambidae
- Achyra affinitalisAchyra affinitalisThe Cotton Web Spinner is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Australia and New Zealand.The wingspan is about 20 mm....
(Lederer, 1863) - Angustalius malacelloides (Bleszynski, 1955)
- Antiscopa acompa Meyrick, 1885
- Antiscopa elaphra Meyrick, 1885
- Antiscopa epicomia Meyrick, 1885
- Clepsicosma iridia Meyrick, 1888
- Culladia strophaea (Meyrick, 1905)
- Deana hybreasalis (Walker, 1859)
- Eudonia alopecias Meyrick, 1901
- Eudonia aspidota Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia asterisca Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia atmogramma Meyrick, 1915
- Eudonia axena Meyrick, 1885e
- Eudonia bisinualisEudonia bisinualisEudonia bisinualis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from New Zealand.Adults are on wing from October to May....
Hudson, 1928 - Eudonia cataxesta Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia chalara Meyrick, 1901
- Eudonia characta Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia chlamydota Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia choristis Meyrick, 1907
- Eudonia colpota Meyrick, 1888
- Eudonia critica Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia crypsinoa Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia cymatias Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia cyptastis Meyrick, 1909
- Eudonia deltophora Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia dinodes Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia dochmia Meyrick, 1905
- Eudonia epicremna Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia feredayi Knaggs, 1867
- Eudonia gressitti Munroe, 1964
- Eudonia gyrotoma Meyrick, 1909
- Eudonia hemicycla Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia hemiplaca Meyrick, 1889
- Eudonia legnota Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia leptalaea Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia leucogramma Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia linealis Walker, 1866
- Eudonia locularis Meyrick, 1912
- Eudonia luminatrix Meyrick, 1909
- Eudonia manganeutis Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia melanaegis Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia meliturga Meyrick, 1905
- Eudonia microphthalma Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia minualisEudonia minualisEudonia minualis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on mosses on the bark of Olearia bullata and Olearia hectorii....
Walker, 1866 - Eudonia octophoraEudonia octophoraEudonia octophora is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1885 - Eudonia oculata Philpott, 1927
- Eudonia oreas Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia organaea Meyrick, 1901
- Eudonia pachyerga Meyrick, 1927
- Eudonia paltomacha Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia periphanes Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia philergaEudonia philergaEudonia philerga is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1885 - Eudonia philetaera Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia pongalis Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Eudonia psammitis campbellensis Munroe, 1964
- Eudonia Eudonia psammitis psammitis Meyrick, 1885
- Eudonia quaestoria Meyrick, 1929
- Eudonia rakaiaensis Knaggs, 1867
- Eudonia sabulosella Walker, 1863
- Eudonia steropaeaEudonia steropaeaEudonia steropaea is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1885 - Eudonia subditella Walker, 1866
- Eudonia submarginalisEudonia submarginalisEudonia submarginalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from New Zealand....
Walker, 1863 - Eudonia thyridias Meyrick, 1905
- Eudonia torodes Meyrick, 1901
- Eudonia triclera Meyrick, 1905
- Eudonia trivirgata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Eudonia ustiramis Meyrick, 1931
- Eudonia xysmatias Meyrick, 1907
- Eudonia zophoclaena Meyrick, 1923
- Exsilirarcha graminea Salmon and Bradley, 1956
- Gadira acerella Walker, 1866
- Gadira leucophthalma Meyrick, 1883
- Gadira petraula Meyrick, 1883
- Glaucocharis auriscriptella Walker, 1864
- Glaucocharis bipunctella Walker, 1866
- Glaucocharis chrysochytaGlaucocharis chrysochytaGlaucocharis chrysochyta is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1883 - Glaucocharis elaina Meyrick, 1883
- Glaucocharis epiphaea Meyrick, 1885
- Glaucocharis harmonica Meyrick, 1888
- Glaucocharis helioctypa Meyrick, 1883
- Glaucocharis holanthes Meyrick, 1885
- Glaucocharis interrupta Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Glaucocharis lepidella Walker, 1866
- Glaucocharis leucoxantha Meyrick, 1883
- Glaucocharis metallifera Butler, 1877
- Glaucocharis microdora Meyrick, 1905
- Glaucocharis parorma Meyrick, 1924
- Glaucocharis planetopa Meyrick, 1923
- Glaucocharis pyrsophanes Meyrick, 1883
- Glaucocharis selenaea Meyrick, 1885
- Glaucocharis stella Meyrick, 1938
- Heliothela atra (Butler, 1877)
- Hellula hydralisHellula hydralisThe Cabbage Centre Grub is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found throughout Australia.The wingspan is about 20 mm. The larvae feed on Brassica oleracea and Brassica napus....
Guenee, 1854 - Hellula undalisHellula undalisThe Cabbage Webworm or Old World Webworm is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is a widespread species which is found from Europe across Asia to the Pacific. It was first described from Italy....
Fabricius, 1781 - Hygraula nitensHygraula nitensThe Pond moth or Australian water moth is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in most of Australia, including Tasmania.The wingspan is about 25 mm....
(Butler, 1880) - Kupea electilis Philpott, 1930
- Maoricrambus oncobolus (Meyrick, 1885)
- Musotima aduncalis Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Musotima nitidalisMusotima nitidalisMusotima nitidalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from New Zealand and most of Australia, including Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia....
Walker, 1866 - Orocrambus abditus Philpott, 1924
- Orocrambus aethonellus Meyrick, 1883
- Orocrambus angustipennisOrocrambus angustipennisOrocrambus angustipennis is a moth of the Crambinae family. It is known from New Zealand, where it is known from the North Island, South Island and the Chatham Islands.The wingspan is 34-40 mm for males and 44-50 mm for females...
Zeller, 1877 - Orocrambus apicellus Zeller, 1863
- Orocrambus callirrhous Meyrick, 1883
- Orocrambus catacaustus Meyrick, 1885
- Orocrambus clarkei clarkei Philpott, 1930
- Orocrambus clarkei eximia Salmon, 1946
- Orocrambus corruptus Butler, 1877
- Orocrambus crenaeus Meyrick, 1885
- Orocrambus cultus Philpott, 1917
- Orocrambus cyclopicus Meyrick, 1883
- Orocrambus dicrenellus Meyrick, 1883
- Orocrambus enchophorus Meyrick, 1885
- Orocrambus ephorus Meyrick, 1885
- Orocrambus flexuosellusOrocrambus flexuosellusOrocrambus flexuosellus is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in New Zealand....
Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843 - Orocrambus fugitivellus Hudson, 1950
- Orocrambus geminus Patrick, 1991
- Orocrambus haplotomus Meyrick, 1883
- Orocrambus harpophorus Meyrick, 1883
- Orocrambus heliotes Meyrick, 1888
- Orocrambus heteraulus Meyrick, 1905
- Orocrambus horistes Meyrick, 1902
- Orocrambus isochytus Meyrick, 1888
- Orocrambus jansoni Gaskin, 1975
- Orocrambus lectus Philpott, 1929
- Orocrambus lewisi Gaskin, 1975
- Orocrambus lindsayi Gaskin, 1975
- Orocrambus machaeristes Meyrick, 1905
- Orocrambus melampetrus Purdie, 1884
- Orocrambus melitastes Meyrick, 1909
- Orocrambus mylites Meyrick, 1888
- Orocrambus oppositus Philpott, 1915
- Orocrambus ordishi Gaskin, 1975
- Orocrambus ornatus Philpott, 1927
- Orocrambus paraxenus Meyrick, 1885
- Orocrambus philpotti Gaskin, 1975
- Orocrambus punctellus Hudson, 1950
- Orocrambus ramosellus Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843
- Orocrambus scoparioides Philpott, 1914
- Orocrambus scutatus Philpott, 1917
- Orocrambus simplex Butler, 1877
- Orocrambus siriellus Meyrick, 1883
- Orocrambus sophronellus Meyrick, 1885
- Orocrambus thymiastes Meyrick, 1901
- Orocrambus tritonellus Meyrick, 1885
- Orocrambus tuhualis Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Orocrambus ventosus Meyrick, 1920
- Orocrambus vittellus Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843
- Orocrambus vulgaris Butler, 1877
- Orocrambus xanthogrammus Meyrick, 1883
- Proternia philocapna Meyrick, 1884
- Proteroeca comastis Meyrick, 1884
- Protyparcha scaphodes Meyrick, 1909
- Sceliodes cordalisSceliodes cordalisThe Eggfruit Caterpillar is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in New Zealand and the whole of Australia.The wingspan is about 20 mm....
(Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843) - Spoladea recurvalisSpoladea recurvalisSpoladea recurvalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found worldwide, but mainly in the tropics.The wingspan is 22-24 mm. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location....
(Fabricius, 1775) - Tauroscopa gorgopis Meyrick, 1888
- Tauroscopa notabilis Philpott, 1923
- Tauroscopa trapezitis Meyrick, 1905
- Tawhitia glaucophanes Meyrick, 1907
- Tawhitia pentadactyla Zeller, 1863
- Udea adversa Philpott, 1917
- Udea antipodea Salmon in Salmon and Bradley, 1956
- Udea daiclesalis Walker, 1859
- Udea flavidalis Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843
- Udea marmarina Meyrick, 1884
- Udea notata Butler, 1879
- Udea pantheropa Meyrick, 1902
- Uresiphita maorialis (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875)
Depressariidae
- Cryptolechia rhodobapta Meyrick, 1923
- Cryptolechia semnodes Meyrick, 1911
- Donacostola notabilis (Philpott, 1928)
- Eutorna caryochroa Meyrick, 1889
- Eutorna inornata Philpott, 1927
- Eutorna phaulocosma Meyrick, 1906
- Eutorna symmorpha Meyrick, 1889
- Heliostibes vibratrix Meyrick, 1927
- Nymphostola galactina (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Proteodes carnifex Butler, 1877
- Proteodes clarkei Philpott, 1926
- Proteodes melographa Meyrick, 1927
- Proteodes profunda Meyrick, 1905
- Proteodes smithi Howes, 1946
Elachistidae
- Cosmiotes archaeonoma Meyrick, 1889
- Cosmiotes exaula Meyrick, 1889
- Cosmiotes helonoma Meyrick, 1889
- Cosmiotes laqueorum Dugdale, 1971
- Cosmiotes ochroleuca Meyrick, 1923
- Cosmiotes ombrodoca Meyrick, 1889
- Cosmiotes watti Philpott, 1924
- Elachista eurychora Meyrick, 1919
- Elachista galatheae antipodensis Dugdale, 1971
- Elachista galatheae galatheae Viette, 1954
- Elachista gerasmiaElachista gerasmiaElachista gerasmia is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia and New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1889 - Elachista hookeri Dugdale, 1971
- Elachista melanura Meyrick, 1889
- Elachista napaea Philpott, 1930
- Elachista plagiaula Meyrick, 1938
- Elachista pumila Dugdale, 1971
- Elachista sagittifera Philpott, 1927
- Elachista thallophora Meyrick, 1889
Gelechiidae
- Anarsia dryinopaAnarsia dryinopaAnarsia dryinopa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is known from Australia and the warmer regions of New Zealand in both the North and the South Islands....
Lower, 1897 - Anisoplaca achyrota Meyrick, 1886
- Anisoplaca acrodactyla Meyrick, 1907
- Anisoplaca cosmia Bradley, 1956
- Anisoplaca fraxinea Philpott, 1928
- Anisoplaca ptyoptera Meyrick, 1886
- Aristotelia paradesma (Meyrick, 1886)
- Athrips zophochalca (Meyrick, 1918)
- Biloba subsecivella (Zeller, 1852)
- Chrysoesthia drurellaChrysoesthia drurellaChrysoesthia drurella is a lepidoptera from the Gelechiidae family.The wingspan of the moth ranges from 7 to 9 millimeter.The host plants are Chenopodium and Atriplex. Chrysoesthia drurella can mainly be found in agricultural areas. The moth has two generations in one year. The first in May and...
(Fabricius, 1775) - Epiphthora melanombra Meyrick, 1888
- Epiphthora nivea Philpott, 1930
- Hierodoris insignis Philpott, 1926
- Hierodoris atychioides Butler, 1877
- Hierodoris bilineata Salmon, 1948
- Hierodoris callispora Meyrick, 1912
- Hierodoris chlorobela Meyrick, 1921
- Hierodoris electrica Meyrick, 1889
- Hierodoris eremita Philpott, 1930
- Hierodoris frigida Philpott, 1923
- Hierodoris illita Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Hierodoris iophanes Meyrick, 1912
- Kiwaia aerobatis Meyrick, 1924
- Kiwaia brontophora Meyrick, 1886
- Kiwaia caerulaea Hudson, 1925
- Kiwaia calaspidea Clarke, 1934
- Kiwaia cheradias Meyrick, 1909
- Kiwaia contraria Philpott, 1930
- Kiwaia dividua Philpott, 1921
- Kiwaia eurybathra Meyrick, 1931
- Kiwaia glaucoterma Meyrick, 1911
- Kiwaia heterospora Meyrick, 1924
- Kiwaia hippeis Meyrick, 1901
- Kiwaia jeanae Philpott, 1930
- Kiwaia lapillosa Meyrick, 1924
- Kiwaia lenis Philpott, 1929
- Kiwaia lithodes Meyrick, 1886
- Kiwaia matermea Povolny, 1974
- Kiwaia monophragma Meyrick, 1886
- Kiwaia neglecta Philpott, 1924
- Kiwaia parapleura Meyrick, 1886
- Kiwaia parvula Philpott, 1930
- Kiwaia pharetria Meyrick, 1886
- Kiwaia plemochoa Meyrick, 1916
- Kiwaia pumila Philpott, 1928
- Kiwaia schematica Meyrick, 1886
- Kiwaia thyraula Meyrick, 1886
- Megacraspedus calamogonus Meyrick, 1886
- Phthorimaea operculellaPhthorimaea operculellaThe Potato tuber moth , also known as the tobacco splitworm, is a major pest on potatoes in New Zealand and South Africa. It has a world-wide distribution.The body length is about 10mm and the wingspan is about 12mm...
(Zeller, 1873) - Sitotroga cerealellaSitotroga cerealellaThe Angoumois Grain Moth is a species of gelechioid moth. It is the type species of its genus Sitotroga, placed in the subfamily Pexicopiinae of the twirler moth family...
(Olivier, 1789) - Symmetrischema tangoliasSymmetrischema tangoliasThe South American Potato Tuber Moth, Andean Potato Tuber Moth or Tomato Stemborer is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is native to South America, but has become a pest worldwide. Records include North America, Australia and New Zealand.The wingspan is about 20 mm.The larvae are a pest on...
(Gyen, 1913) - Thiotricha lindsayi Philpott, 1927
- Thiotricha oleariae Hudson, 1928
- Thiotricha tetraphala Meyrick, 1886
- Thiotricha thorybodes Meyrick, 1886
Geometridae
- Adeixis griseata (Hudson, 1903)
- Anachloris subochrariaAnachloris subochrariaAnachloris subochraria is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand and the southern half of Australia including Tasmania and from Queensland across to Western Australia.The wingspan is about 30 mm....
(Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843) - Aponotoreas anthracias Meyrick, 1884
- Aponotoreas dissimilis Philpott, 1914
- Aponotoreas incompta Philpott, 1918
- Aponotoreas insignis Butler, 1877
- Aponotoreas orphnaea Meyrick, 1884
- Aponotoreas synclinalis Hudson, 1903
- Aponotoreas villosa Philpott, 1917
- Arctesthes catapyrrha Butler, 1877
- Arctesthes siris Hudson, 1908
- Asaphodes abrogata Walker, 1862
- Asaphodes adonis Hudson, 1898
- Asaphodes aegrota Butler, 1879
- Asaphodes albalineata Philpott, 1915
- Asaphodes aphelias Philpott, 1921
- Asaphodes beata Butler, 1877
- Asaphodes camelias Meyrick, 1888
- Asaphodes campbellensis Dugdale, 1964
- Asaphodes cataphracta Meyrick, 1884
- Asaphodes chionogramma Meyrick, 1884
- Asaphodes chlamydota Meyrick, 1884
- Asaphodes chlorocapna Meyrick, 1925
- Asaphodes cinnabari Howes, 1912
- Asaphodes citroena Clarke, 1934
- Asaphodes clarata Walker, 1862
- Asaphodes cosmodora Meyrick, 1888
- Asaphodes declarata Prout, 1914
- Asaphodes dionysias Meyrick, 1907
- Asaphodes exoriens Prout, 1912
- Asaphodes frivola Meyrick, 1913
- Asaphodes glaciata Hudson, 1925
- Asaphodes helias Meyrick, 1884
- Asaphodes ida Clarke, 1926
- Asaphodes imperfecta Philpott, 1905
- Asaphodes limonodes Meyrick, 1888
- Asaphodes mnesichola Meyrick, 1888
- Asaphodes nephelias Meyrick, 1884
- Asaphodes obarata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Asaphodes omichlias Meyrick, 1884b
- Asaphodes oraria Philpott, 1903
- Asaphodes oxyptera Hudson, 1909
- Asaphodes peripheraea Meyrick, 1905
- Asaphodes philpotti Prout, 1927
- Asaphodes prasinias Meyrick, 1884
- Asaphodes prymnaea Meyrick, 1911
- Asaphodes recta Philpott, 1905
- Asaphodes sericodes Meyrick, 1915
- Asaphodes stephanitis Meyrick, 1907
- Asaphodes stinaria Guenee, 1868
- Austrocidaria anguligera Butler, 1879
- Austrocidaria arenosa Howes, 1911
- Austrocidaria bipartita Prout, 1958
- Austrocidaria callichlora Butler, 1879
- Austrocidaria cedrinodes Meyrick, 1911
- Austrocidaria gobiata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Austrocidaria haemophaea Meyrick, 1925
- Austrocidaria lithurga Meyrick, 1911
- Austrocidaria paroraAustrocidaria paroraAustrocidaria parora is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.Adults are on wing in August and September.The larvae feed on Coprosma species.-External links:**...
Meyrick, 1885 - Austrocidaria praerupta Philpott, 1918
- Austrocidaria prionota Meyrick, 1884
- Austrocidaria similataAustrocidaria similataAustrocidaria similata is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found on the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, Snares Islands, the Chatham Islands and mainland New Zealand, Stewart Island and Codfish Island....
Walker, 1862 - Austrocidaria stricta Philpott, 1915
- Austrocidaria umbrosa Philpott, 1917
- Austrocidaria venustatis Salmon, 1946
- Cephalissa siria Meyrick, 1884
- Chalastra aristarcha Meyrick, 1892
- Chalastra ochrea Howes, 1911
- Chalastra pellurgata Walker, 1862
- Chloroclystis filataChloroclystis filataThe Filata Moth is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand, the south eastern quarter of Australia and on Norfolk Island....
Guenee, 1857 - Chloroclystis impudicis Dugdale, 1964
- Chloroclystis inductataChloroclystis inductataChloroclystis inductata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on the flowers of various plants....
Walker, 1862 - Chloroclystis lichenodes Purdie, 1887
- Chloroclystis nereis Meyrick, 1888
- Chloroclystis sphragitis Meyrick, 1888
- Chloroclystis testulataChloroclystis testulataThe Pome Looper is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Tasmania and on Norfolk Island....
Guenee, 1857 - Cleora scriptaria (Walker, 1860)
- Dasyuris anceps anceps Butler, 1877
- Dasyuris anceps grisescens Prout, 1939
- Dasyuris austrina Philpott, 1928
- Dasyuris callicrena Meyrick, 1884
- Dasyuris catadees Prout, 1939
- Dasyuris enysii Butler, 1877
- Dasyuris fulminea Philpott, 1915
- Dasyuris hectori Butler, 1877
- Dasyuris leucobathra Meyrick, 1911
- Dasyuris micropolis Meyrick, 1929
- Dasyuris octans Hudson, 1923
- Dasyuris partheniata Guenee, 1868
- Dasyuris pluviata Hudson, 1928
- Dasyuris strategica Meyrick, 1884
- Dasyuris transaurea Howes, 1912
- Declana atronivea Walker, 1865
- Declana egregia Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Declana feredayi Butler, 1877
- Declana floccosaDeclana floccosaThe Forest Semilooper is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is native to New Zealand.The wingspan is 27-35 mm and is extremely variable in colour and patterning....
Walker, 1858 - Declana glacialis Hudson, 1903
- Declana griseata Hudson, 1898
- Declana hermione Hudson, 1898
- Declana junctilinea Walker, 1865
- Declana leptomera Walker, 1858
- Declana niveata Butler, 1879
- Declana toreuta Meyrick, 1929
- Dichromodes cynica Meyrick, 1911
- Dichromodes gypsotis Meyrick, 1888
- Dichromodes ida Hudson, 1905
- Dichromodes niger Butler, 1877
- Dichromodes simulans Hudson, 1905
- Dichromodes sphaeriata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Elvia glaucata Walker, 1862
- Epicyme rubropunctariaEpicyme rubropunctariaEpicyme rubropunctaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria.The wingspan is about 25 mm....
(Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843) - Epiphryne charidema autocharis Meyrick, 1924
- Epiphryne charidema charidema Meyrick, 1909
- Epiphryne undosata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Epiphryne verriculataEpiphryne verriculataThe Cabbage tree moth is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 40 mm.The larvae feed on Cordyline australis....
Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875 - Epiphryne xanthaspis Meyrick, 1884
- Epyaxa lucidataEpyaxa lucidataEpyaxa lucidata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is native to New Zealand....
Walker, 1862 - Epyaxa roseariaEpyaxa roseariaThe Native Looper is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is native to New Zealand.Not much is known about the species, but the larvae seem to feed on the leaves of Trifolium caucasicum....
Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843 - Epyaxa venipunctata Walker, 1863
- Gellonia dejectariaGellonia dejectariaGellonia dejectaria is a moth of the Geometridae family, it is native to New Zealand....
Walker, 1860 - Gellonia pannularia Guenee, 1868
- Gingidiobora nebulosa Philpott, 1917
- Gingidiobora subobscurata Walker, 1862
- Helastia alba Craw, 1987
- Helastia angusta Craw, 1987
- Helastia christinae Craw, 1987
- Helastia cinerearia Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843
- Helastia clandestina Philpott, 1921
- Helastia corcularia Guenee, 1868
- Helastia cryptica Craw, 1987
- Helastia cymozeucta Meyrick, 1913
- Helastia expolita Philpott, 1917
- Helastia farinata Warren, 1896
- Helastia mutabilisHelastia mutabilisHelastia mutabilis is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from both the North and South Islands....
Craw, 1987 - Helastia ohauensis Craw, 1987
- Helastia plumbea Philpott, 1915
- Helastia salmoni Craw, 1987
- Helastia scissa Craw, 1987
- Helastia semisignata Walker, 1862
- Helastia siris Hawthorne, 1897
- Helastia triphragma Meyrick, 1884
- Homodotis amblyterma Meyrick, 1931
- Homodotis falcata Butler, 1879
- Homodotis megaspilata Walker, 1862
- Horisme suppressaria (Walker, 1863)
- Hydriomena arida Butler, 1879a
- Hydriomena canescens Philpott, 1918
- Hydriomena clarkei Howes, 1917
- Hydriomena deltoidata Walker, 1862
- Hydriomena hemizona Meyrick, 1897
- Hydriomena iolanthe Hudson, 1939
- Hydriomena purpurifera Fereday, 1884
- Hydriomena rixata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Hydriomena subrectaria Guenee, 1858
- Ischalis fortinata Guenee, 1868
- Ischalis gallaria Walker, 1860
- Ischalis nelsonaria Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Ischalis variabilisIschalis variabilisIschalis variabilis is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in the North and South islands....
Warren, 1895 - Microdes epicryptis Meyrick, 1897
- Microdes quadristrigata Walker, 1862
- Notoreas arcuata Philpott, 1921
- Notoreas atmogramma Meyrick, 1911
- Notoreas blax Prout, 1939
- Notoreas chioneres Prout, 1939
- Notoreas chrysopeda Meyrick, 1888
- Notoreas galaxias Hudson, 1928
- Notoreas hexaleuca Meyrick, 1914
- Notoreas ischnocyma Meyrick, 1905
- Notoreas isoleuca Meyrick, 1897
- Notoreas isomoera Prout, 1939
- Notoreas mechanitis Meyrick, 1884
- Notoreas niphocrena Meyrick, 1884
- Notoreas ortholeuca Hudson, 1923
- Notoreas paradelpha Meyrick, 1884
- Notoreas perornata Walker, 1863
- Notoreas regilla Philpott, 1928
- Notoreas simplex Hudson, 1898
- Orthoclydon chlorias Meyrick, 1884
- Orthoclydon praefactata Walker, 1861
- Orthoclydon pseudostinaria Hudson, 1918
- Paradetis porphyrias (Meyrick, 1884)
- Paranotoreas brephosata Walker, 1862
- Paranotoreas ferox Butler, 1877
- Paranotoreas fulva Hudson, 1905
- Paranotoreas opipara Philpott, 1915
- Paranotoreas zopyra Meyrick, 1884
- Pasiphila acompsa Prout, 1927
- Pasiphila aristias Meyrick, 1897
- Pasiphila bilineolata Walker, 1862
- Pasiphila charybdis Butler, 1879
- Pasiphila cotinea Meyrick, 1913
- Pasiphila dryas Meyrick, 1891
- Pasiphila erratica Philpott, 1916
- Pasiphila fumipalpata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Pasiphila furva Philpott, 1917
- Pasiphila halianthes Meyrick, 1907
- Pasiphila heighwayi Philpott, 1927
- Pasiphila humilis Philpott, 1917
- Pasiphila lunata Philpott, 1912
- Pasiphila magnimaculata Philpott, 1915
- Pasiphila malachita Meyrick, 1913
- Pasiphila melochlora Meyrick, 1911
- Pasiphila muscosata Walker, 1862
- Pasiphila nebulosa Dugdale, 1971
- Pasiphila plinthina Meyrick, 1888
- Pasiphila punicea Philpott, 1923
- Pasiphila rivalis Philpott, 1916
- Pasiphila rubella Philpott, 1915
- Pasiphila sandycias Meyrick, 1905
- Pasiphila semochlora Meyrick, 1919
- Pasiphila suffusa Hudson, 1928
- Pasiphila urticae Hudson, 1939
- Pasiphila vieta Hudson, 1950
- Phrissogonus laticostatus (Walker, 1862)
- Poecilasthena pulchrariaPoecilasthena pulchrariaPoecilasthena pulchraria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Australia.-External links:**...
Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843 - Poecilasthena schistaria Walker, 1861
- Poecilasthena subpurpureataPoecilasthena subpurpureataPoecilasthena subpurpureata is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand....
Walker, 1863 - Pseudocoremia albafasciata Philpott, 1915
- Pseudocoremia berylia Howes, 1943
- Pseudocoremia campbelli Philpott, 1927
- Pseudocoremia cineracia Howes, 1942
- Pseudocoremia colpogramma Meyrick, 1936
- Pseudocoremia fascialata Philpott, 1903
- Pseudocoremia fenerataPseudocoremia fenerataPseudocoremia fenerata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is 27–34 mm.Recorded food plants of the larvae include Agathis australis, Dacrydium bidwillii, Dacrydium biforme, Dacrydium cupressinum, Phyllocladus alpinus, Phyllocladus trichomanoides,...
Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875 - Pseudocoremia flava Warren, 1896
- Pseudocoremia fluminea Philpott, 1926
- Pseudocoremia indistincta Butler, 1877
- Pseudocoremia insignita Philpott, 1930
- Pseudocoremia lactiflua Meyrick, 1912
- Pseudocoremia leucelaeaPseudocoremia leucelaeaPseudocoremia leucelaea is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1909 - Pseudocoremia lupinata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Pseudocoremia lutea Philpott, 1914
- Pseudocoremia melinataPseudocoremia melinataPseudocoremia melinata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The larvae feed on a Carmichaelia....
Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875 - Pseudocoremia modica Philpott, 1921
- Pseudocoremia monacha Hudson, 1903
- Pseudocoremia ombrodes Meyrick, 1902
- Pseudocoremia productata Walker, 1862
- Pseudocoremia rudisata ampla Hudson, 1923
- Pseudocoremia rudisata rudisata Walker, 1862
- Pseudocoremia suavisPseudocoremia suavisThe Common Forest Looper is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 30 mm.The larvae feed on a wide range of trees and shrubs.-Sources:...
Butler, 1879 - Pseudocoremia terrena Philpott, 1915
- Samana acutata Butler, 1877
- Samana falcatella Walker, 1863
- Sarisa muriferata (Walker, 1863)
- Scopula rubrariaScopula rubrariaScopula rubraria is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of Australia.The wingspan is about 20 mm.The larvae feed on Plantago lanceolata....
(Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843) - Sestra flexata Walker, 1862
- Sestra humeraria Walker, 1861
- Tatosoma agrionata Walker, 1862
- Tatosoma alta Philpott, 1913
- Tatosoma apicipallida Prout, 1914
- Tatosoma fasciata Philpott, 1914
- Tatosoma lestevata Walker, 1862
- Tatosoma monoviridisata Clarke, 1920
- Tatosoma tipulata Walker, 1862
- Tatosoma topia Philpott, 1903
- Tatosoma transitaria Walker, 1862
- Theoxena scissaria (Guenee, 1868)
- Xanthorhoe bulbulata Guenee, 1868
- Xanthorhoe frigida Howes, 1946
- Xanthorhoe lophogramma Meyrick, 1897
- Xanthorhoe occulta Philpott, 1903
- Xanthorhoe orophylla Meyrick, 1884
- Xanthorhoe orophylloides Hudson, 1909
- Xanthorhoe semifissataXanthorhoe semifissataXanthorhoe semifissata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is native to New Zealand....
Walker, 1862 - Xyridacma alectoraria Walker, 1860
- Xyridacma ustariaXyridacma ustariaXyridacma ustaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is native to New Zealand....
Walker, 1863 - Xyridacma veronicae Prout, 1934
- Zermizinga indocilisaria Walker, 1863
Glyphipterigidae
- Glyphipterix achlyoessaGlyphipterix achlyoessaGlyphipterix achlyoessa is a moth of the Glyphipterigidae family. It is known from New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1880 - Glyphipterix acronoma Meyrick, 1888
- Glyphipterix acrothecta Meyrick, 1880
- Glyphipterix aenea Philpott, 1917
- Glyphipterix aerifera Meyrick, 1912
- Glyphipterix astrapaea Meyrick, 1880
- Glyphipterix ataracta Meyrick, 1888
- Glyphipterix aulogramma Meyrick, 1907
- Glyphipterix bactrias Meyrick, 1911
- Glyphipterix barbata Philpott, 1918
- Glyphipterix brachydelta Meyrick, 1916
- Glyphipterix calliactis Meyrick, 1914
- Glyphipterix cionophora Meyrick, 1888
- Glyphipterix codonias Meyrick, 1909
- Glyphipterix dichorda Meyrick, 1911
- Glyphipterix erastis Meyrick, 1911
- Glyphipterix euastera Meyrick, 1880
- Glyphipterix iocheaera Meyrick, 1880
- Glyphipterix leptosema Meyrick, 1888
- Glyphipterix metasticta Meyrick, 1907
- Glyphipterix morangella Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Glyphipterix necopina Philpott, 1927
- Glyphipterix nephoptera Meyrick, 1888
- Glyphipterix octonaria Philpott, 1924
- Glyphipterix oxymachaera Meyrick, 1880
- Glyphipterix rugata Meyrick, 1915
- Glyphipterix scintelella Walker, 1864
- Glyphipterix scintilla Clarke, 1926
- Glyphipterix scolias Meyrick, 1910
- Glyphipterix similis Philpott, 1928
- Glyphipterix triselena Meyrick, 1880
- Glyphipterix tungella Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Glyphipterix xestobela Meyrick, 1888
- Glyphipterix zelota Meyrick, 1888
- Pantosperma holochalca Meyrick, 1888
Gracillariidae
- Acrocercops aellomachaAcrocercops aellomachaAcrocercops aellomacha is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from New Zealand.The wingspan is 7-9 mm.The hostplants for the species include Nothopanax arboreum, Nothopanax simplex, and Nothopanax sinclairii. They mine the leaves of their host plant...
Meyrick, 1880 - Acrocercops aethalotaAcrocercops aethalotaAcrocercops aethalota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from New Zealand. The hostplant for the species is Panax arboreum....
Meyrick, 1880 - Acrocercops alysidotaAcrocercops alysidotaThe Wattle Miner is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Southern Australia and Western Australia as well as New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1880 - Acrocercops panacicorticisAcrocercops panacicorticisAcrocercops panacicorticis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is 7-8 mm.The larvae feed on Nothopanax arboreum. They mine the stem of their host plant. The mine is a simple gallery throughout, gradually increasing in width. The general direction is...
Watt, 1920 - Acrocercops panacifinensAcrocercops panacifinensAcrocercops panacifinens is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 10 mm for females and 8 mm for males....
Watt, 1920 - Acrocercops panacitorsensAcrocercops panacitorsensAcrocercops panacitorsens is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 9 mm. There is a separate variety of this species on the North Island. This variety is slightly smaller, with a wingspan of about 8 mm....
Watt, 1920 - Acrocercops panacivagansAcrocercops panacivagansAcrocercops panacivagans is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is about 8 mm.The larvae feed on Pseudopanax crassifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is a simple gallery, more or less straight in its direction. It is made entirely...
Watt, 1920 - Acrocercops panacivermiformis Watt, 1920
- Acrocercops zorionellaAcrocercops zorionellaAcrocercops zorionella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on Coprosma grandiflora, Coprosma lucida, Coprosma retusa, Coprosma robusta and Coprosma tenuifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larva mines directly into the leaf through...
Hudson, 1918 - Caloptilia azaleellaCaloptilia azaleellaThe Azalea leaf miner is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is endemic to Japan, but has been introduced worldwide.The wingspan is 10-11 mm. The moth flies from May to October depending on the location....
Brants, 1913 - Caloptilia chalcodeltaCaloptilia chalcodeltaCaloptilia chalcodelta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1889 - Caloptilia chrysitisCaloptilia chrysitisCaloptilia chrysitis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.-External links:*...
Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875 - Caloptilia elaeasCaloptilia elaeasCaloptilia elaeas is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on Coriaria species, including Coriaria thymifolia, Coriaria angustissima and Coriaria ruscifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1911 - Caloptilia linearisCaloptilia linearisCaloptilia linearis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on Coriaria species. They mine the leaves of their host plant....
Butler, 1877 - Caloptilia octopunctataCaloptilia octopunctataCaloptilia octopunctata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, India, Australia , New Zealand and Indonesia.The wingspan is 9-13 mm....
Turner - Caloptilia selenitisCaloptilia selenitisCaloptilia selenitis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on Fagus species, including Fagus menziesii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The late instar larva of make a pouch of two or three terminal leaves on twigs...
Meyrick, 1909 - Conopomorpha cyanospilaConopomorpha cyanospilaConopomorpha cyanospila is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on Alectryon excelsus. They feed on the fruit of their host plant. They enter the young fruit through circular holes drilled in the capsule and seed walls. They then tunnel into the contents...
Meyrick, 1886 - Macarostola miniellaMacarostola miniellaMacarostola miniella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from France, Afghanistan, New Zealand and the Seychelles....
(Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875) - Parectopa leucocymaParectopa leucocymaThe Kauri Leafminer is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on Agathis australis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts at the tip of the leaf and then heads for the general direction of the petiole, sometimes double-backing along...
(Meyrick, 1889) - Phyllonorycter messaniellaPhyllonorycter messaniellaThe European oak leaf-miner or Zeller's Midget is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Europe south of the line running from Ireland, through Great Britain, Denmark to Ukraine. It is also found in Macaronesia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia.The wingspan is...
(Zeller, 1846) - Porphyrosela hardenbergiellaPorphyrosela hardenbergiellaPorphyrosela hardenbergiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand, but is adventive, since the host plant is Australian. The colony known to Wise has been destroyed since it’s discovery....
(Wise, 1957) - Polysoma eumetallaPolysoma eumetallaPolysoma eumetalla is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New Zealand.The wingspan is about 10 mm...
(Meyrick, 1880)
Hepialidae
- Aenetus virescens (Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843)
- Aoraia aspina Dugdale, 1994
- Aoraia aurimaculata Philpott, 1914
- Aoraia dinodes Meyrick, 1890
- Aoraia enysii Butler, 1877
- Aoraia flavida Dugdale, 1994
- Aoraia hespera Dugdale, 1994
- Aoraia insularis Dugdale, 1994
- Aoraia lenis Dugdale, 1994
- Aoraia macropis Dugdale, 1994
- Aoraia oreobolae Dugdale, 1994
- Aoraia orientalis Dugdale, 1994
- Aoraia rufivena Dugdale, 1994
- Aoraia senex Hudson, 1908
- Cladoxycanus minos (Hudson, 1905)
- Dioxycanus fuscus Philpott, 1914
- Dioxycanus oreas Hudson, 1920
- Dumbletonius characterifer (Walker, 1865)
- Dumbletonius unimaculatus (Salmon, 1948)
- Heloxycanus patricki Dugdale, 1994
- Porina mairi Buller, 1873
- Wiseana cervinata Walker, 1865
- Wiseana copularis Meyrick, 1912
- Wiseana fuliginea Butler, 1879
- Wiseana jocosa Meyrick, 1912c
- Wiseana mimica Philpott, 1923
- Wiseana signata Walker, 1856
- Wiseana umbraculata Guenee, 1868
Lecithoceridae
- Compsistis bifaciella (Walker, 1864)
- Lecithocera micromela Lower, 1897
Lymantriidae
- (Orgyia thyellinaOrgyia thyellinaThe White-Spotted Tussock Moth is a species of moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is native to the Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. It was discovered in Auckland, New Zealand in 1996. Operation Ever Green was established that same year to eradicate the pest. By 1998 the species...
) Butler, 1881 - Teia anartoides Walker, 1855
Lyonetidae
- Bedellia psamminella Meyrick, 1889
- Bedellia somnulentellaBedellia somnulentellaThe Sweet Potato Leaf Miner is a moth in the Bedelliidae family. It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution and has been recorded from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, southern Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Uzbekistan, nearly all of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Japan, North America, Australia, New...
Zeller, 1847 - Cateristis eustyla Meyrick, 1889
- Leucoptera spartifoliellaLeucoptera spartifoliellaLeucoptera spartifoliella is a species of moth in family Lyonetiidae known by the common name Scotch broom twig miner. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed known as Scotch broom ....
(Hubner, [1810-1813]) - Stegommata leptomitella Meyrick, 1880
Micropterigidae
- MicropardalisMicropardalisMicropardalis is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the insect order Lepidoptera within the family Micropterigidae. The genus was previously treated as a subgenus of Sabatinca.-Selected Species:*Micropardalis aurella...
- Sabatinca aemulaSabatinca aemulaSabatinca aemula is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philpott in 1924. It is known from the Mount Arthur tableland in New Zealand....
Philpott, 1924 - Sabatinca aeneaSabatinca aeneaSabatinca aenea is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Hudson in 1923. It is known from New Zealand....
Hudson, 1923 - Sabatinca aurantiacaSabatinca aurantiacaSabatinca aurantiaca is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philpott in 1924. It is known from New Zealand.Adults were found in woodland in November and December.-Original description:...
Philpott, 1924 - Sabatinca barbaricaSabatinca barbaricaSabatinca barbarica is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philpott in 1918. It is known from New Zealand.Adults were found amongst low herbage in the forest in December and January.-Original description:...
Philpott, 1918 - Sabatinca calliarchaSabatinca calliarchaSabatinca calliarcha is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1912. It is known from New Zealand.Adults were found in December.-Original description:...
Meyrick, 1912 - Sabatinca causticaSabatinca causticaSabatinca caustica is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is known from New Zealand.Adults were found in October.-Original description:...
Meyrick, 1912 - Sabatinca chalcophanesSabatinca chalcophanesSabatinca chalcophanes is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 11 mm.-External links:*...
(Meyrick, 1886) - Sabatinca chrysargyraSabatinca chrysargyraSabatinca chrysargyra is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is known from New Zealand....
(Meyrick, 1886) - Sabatinca demissaSabatinca demissaSabatinca demissa is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philpott in 1923. It is known from New Zealand....
Philpott, 1923 - Sabatinca heighwayiSabatinca heighwayiSabatinca heighwayi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philpott in 1927. It is known from New Zealand.Adults were found in November.-Original description:...
Philpott, 1927 - Sabatinca ianthinaSabatinca ianthinaSabatinca ianthina is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philpott in 1921. It is known from New Zealand.Adults were found on a rocky slope covered with various species of mosses and liverworts...
Philpott, 1921 - Sabatinca incongruellaSabatinca incongruellaSabatinca incongruella is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 11 mm.-External links:*...
Walker, 1863 - Sabatinca luciliaSabatinca luciliaSabatinca lucilia is a moth of the Micropterigidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults were found on a sunny moss-covered clay-bank. They are on wing in December and January and sometimes come to electric light....
Clarke, 1920 - Sabatinca passalotaSabatinca passalotaSabatinca passalota is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is known from New Zealand.Adults were found in January amongst moss.-Original description:...
Meyrick, 1923 - Sabatinca quadrijugaSabatinca quadrijugaSabatinca quadrijuga is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is known from New Zealand.-Original description:...
Meyrick, 1912 - ZealandopterixZealandopterixZealandopterix is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the Micropterigidae family....
Mnesarchaeidae
- Mnesarchaea acuta Philpott, 1929
- Mnesarchaea fallax Philpott, 1927
- Mnesarchaea fusca Philpott, 1922
- Mnesarchaea fusilella Walker, 1864
- Mnesarchaea hamadelpha Meyrick, 1888
- Mnesarchaea loxoscua Meyrick, 1888
- Mnesarchaea paracosma Meyrick, 1886
Momphidae
- Zapyrastra calliphana Meyrick, 1889
- Zapyrastra stellata Philpott, 1931
Nepticulidae
- Stigmella aigialeiaStigmella aigialeiaStigmella aigialeia is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 2 mm. Adults have been recorded in January, February, September and October. Probably in one, but possibly in two generations per year.The larvae feed on Plagianthus...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella alienaStigmella alienaStigmella aliena is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm.-External links:*...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella atrataStigmella atrataStigmella atrata is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 4 mm. Adults have been recorded in January, February, November and December. There is probably one generation per year....
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella cassiniaeStigmella cassiniaeStigmella cassiniae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is 2–3 mm. Adults have been recorded in January, February, April and October. Reared moths emerged August, September and November. There are probably two generations per year.The...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella childiStigmella childiStigmella childi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 2 mm.The larvae feed on Celmisia haastii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella cypracmaStigmella cypracmaStigmella cypracma is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 4 mm. Adults have been recorded February and from September to November. There are two generations per year....
(Meyrick, 1916) - Stigmella erysibodeaStigmella erysibodeaStigmella erysibodea is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is 3–4 mm.The larvae probably feed on Olearia ilicifolia and probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella fulvaStigmella fulvaStigmella fulva is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is 4–5 mm. Adults have been recorded from January to March and from August to December. Reared specimens emerged in May and July...
(Watt, 1921) - Stigmella hakekeaeStigmella hakekeaeStigmella hakekeae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults have been recorded in every month except March and April...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella hamishellaStigmella hamishellaStigmella hamishella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 4 mm. Adults have been recorded in December....
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella hoheriaeStigmella hoheriaeStigmella hoheriae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is 3–4 mm. Adults have been recorded in February and from July to December. Reared adults emerged in October...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella ilseaStigmella ilseaStigmella ilsea is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 2 mm. Adults have been recorded in January, October and November. Reared specimens emerged from July to September...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella insignisStigmella insignisStigmella insignis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3.5 mm. Adults have been recorded in March, November and December....
(Philpott, 1927) - Stigmella kaimanuaStigmella kaimanuaStigmella kaimanua is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults have been recorded in November and December. There is one generation per year....
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella laqueorumStigmella laqueorumStigmella laqueorum is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is 3–4 mm. Adults have been recorded from late November to February. They are diurnal, flying only in the morning....
(Dugdale, 1971) - Stigmella lucidaStigmella lucidaStigmella lucida is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults have been recorded in January and from September to December. There are one or two generations per year....
(Philpott, 1919) - Stigmella maoriellaStigmella maoriellaStigmella maoriella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm.-External links:*...
(Walker, 1864) - Stigmella microtheriellaStigmella microtheriellaStigmella microtheriella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe. It is also present in the eastern Palearctic ecozone and the Australian region, where it is found in New Zealand ....
(Stainton, 1854) - Stigmella ogygiaStigmella ogygiaStigmella ogygia is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults have been recorded in March, July and from September to December. Reared specimens hatched in January, April, May and August...
(Meyrick, 1889) - Stigmella oriastraStigmella oriastraStigmella oriastra is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults have been recorded in January and from October to December. There is probably one generation per year....
(Meyrick, 1917) - Stigmella palagaStigmella palagaStigmella palaga is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.-External links:*...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella platinaStigmella platinaStigmella platina is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm.The larvae probably feed on Brachyglottis eleagnifοlius, as adults have been swept from this shrub.-External links:...
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989 - Stigmella progamaStigmella progamaStigmella progama is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is 2–3 mm. Adults have been recorded in January.-External links:*...
(Meyrick, 1924) - Stigmella progonopisStigmella progonopisStigmella progonopis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults have been recorded in January and February. There is one generation per year....
(Meyrick, 1921) - Stigmella propalaeaStigmella propalaeaStigmella propalaea is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm.-External links:*...
(Meyrick, 1889) - Stigmella sophoraeStigmella sophoraeStigmella sophorae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3 mm. Adults have been recorded in February and from August to December. There is one generation per year....
(Hudson, 1939) - Stigmella tricentraStigmella tricentraStigmella tricentra is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 2.6 mm. Adults have been recorded emerging through the upper cuticle of the leaf in March and October. Adults reared from larvae collected inMay, July and August hatched...
(Meyrick, 1889) - Stigmella wattiStigmella wattiStigmella watti is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.The length of the forewings is about 3.5 mm. Adults have been recorded in February. There is probably one generation per year....
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989
Noctuidae
- Achaea janataAchaea janataThe Castor Semi-Looper, Achaea janata, is a Noctuid moth, the caterpillars of which are termed 'semi-loopers' due to their mode of locomotion and feed on Castor Ricinus communis...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Agrotis infusa Boisduval, 1838
- Agrotis innominataAgrotis innominataAgrotis innominata is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the coastal regions of New Zealand and is the only Agrotis species which is endemic to New Zealand....
Hudson, 1898 - Agrotis ipsilon Walker, 1865
- Agrotis mundaAgrotis mundaBrown cutworm or Pink cutworm is a noctuid moth.-External links:*Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella...
Walker, 1857 - Aletia argentaria Howes, 1945
- Aletia cucullina Guenee, 1868
- Aletia cuneata Philpott, 1916
- Aletia cyanopetra Meyrick, 1927
- Aletia dentata Philpott, 1923
- Aletia empyrea Hudson, 1918
- Aletia falsidica falsidica Meyrick, 1911
- Aletia falsidica hamiltoni Hampson, 1913
- Aletia fibriata Meyrick, 1913
- Aletia inconstans Butler, 1880
- Aletia lacustris Meyrick, 1934
- Aletia longstaffi Howes, 1911
- Aletia mitis Butler, 1877
- Aletia moderata Walker, 1865
- Aletia nobilia Howes, 1946
- Aletia obsecrata Meyrick, 1914
- Aletia panda Philpott, 1920
- Aletia probenota Howes, 1945
- Aletia sistens Guenee, 1868
- Aletia sollennis Meyrick, 1914
- Aletia temperata Walker, 1858
- Aletia virescens Butler, 1879
- Andesia pessota (Meyrick, 1887)
- Anomis flavaAnomis flavaThe Cotton Looper, Tropical Anomis or White-pupiled Scallop Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in large parts of the world, including China, Hawaii, São Tomé and Principe, the Society Islands, Thailand and Australia...
Fabricius, 1775 - Anomis involutaAnomis involutaThe Jute Looper or Hibiscus Cutworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is has a wide distribution, including the Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the Society Islands and Australia . It is also known from Kenya and Somalia.The wingspan is about 40 mm...
Walker, 1858 - Anticarsia irrorataAnticarsia irrorataThe Irrorated Tabby is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Old World tropics east to Queensland, the Marquesas and Easter Island.Adults are pale brown with a number of darker dots and curving lines on the wings....
(Fabricius, 1781) - Arcte coerulaArcte coerulaThe Ramie Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from in south-east Asia, including Fiji, India, Japan, New Guinea, Taiwan and Norfolk Island.The larvae feed on Boehmeria nipononivea and Boehmeria australis....
(Guenee, 1852) - Artigisa melanepheleArtigisa melanepheleArtigisa melanephele is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is known from Australia and New Zealand....
Hampson, 1914 - Athetis tenuisAthetis tenuisAthetis tenuis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is known from all of Australia, including Norfolk Island as well as New Zealand.The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults have speckled pale brown forewings, each with a black or white spot near the middle...
(Butler, 1886) - Athetis thoracicaAthetis thoracicaAthetis thoracica is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found all over the Indo-Australian and Pacific tropics. It was first recorded from Hawaii in the early 1900s. It is believed to have been accidentally introduced from Fiji...
(Moore, 1884) (recorded as Athetis nonagricaAthetis nonagricaAthetis nonagrica is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sulawesi and New Guinea.-Taxonomy:The name nonagrica has been applied consistently to specimens that are in fact the more widespread species Athetis thoracica.-External links:*...
) - Austramathes purpurea (Butler, 1879)
- Bityla defigurata Walker, 1865
- Bityla sericeaBityla sericeaBityla sericea is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 35 mm.The larvae probably feed on Muehlenbeckia.-External links:*...
Butler, 1877 - Callopistria maillardiCallopistria maillardiCallopistria maillardi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found in Hawaii, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Society Islands, Sulawesi, as well as Queensland in Australia....
Guénée, 1862 - Celama parvitis (Howes, 1917)
- Chrysodeixis argentiferaChrysodeixis argentiferaThe Tobacco Looper is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Australia.The wingspan is ca. 30 mm.The larvae feed on various plants, including Sunflower, Canola, Tomato, various Beans and Silver Beet....
Guenee, 1852 - Chrysodeixis eriosomaChrysodeixis eriosomaThe Green Garden Looper is a moth of the family Noctuidae.-Adult:Wingspan 42 mm Differs from Chrysodeixis signata in the head, thorax, and fore wing having a reddish tinge ; abdomen with the lateral and anal tufts often black in the male...
Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843 - Condica illectaCondica illectaCondica illecta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in both the Indo-Australian and Pacific tropics, including Borneo, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, New Guinea, the Society Islands, Taiwan and Queensland and New South Wales in Australia....
(Walker, 1865) - Cosmodes elegansCosmodes elegansThe Green Blotched Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand.The wingspan is about 40 mm....
(Donovan, 1805) - Ctenoplusia albostriataCtenoplusia albostriataCtenoplusia albostriata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern Asia and the Pacific, including Borneo, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, most of Australia and New Zealand.The wingspan is about 30 mm...
(Bremer and Grey, 1853) - Dasypodia cymatodesDasypodia cymatodesThe Northern Old Lady Moth or Northern Old Lady is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Australia , as well as New Zealand.The wingspan is about 80 mm....
Guenee, 1852 - Dasypodia selenophoraDasypodia selenophoraThe Southern Old Lady Moth or Southern Old Lady is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the southern half of Australia, as well as Norfolk Island, New Zealand and Macquarie Island.The wingspan is about 90 mm....
Guenee, 1852 - Diarsia intermixtaDiarsia intermixtaDiarsia intermixta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Queensland to Tasmania in Australia, as well as in New Zealand, and islands in the south Pacific.The wingspan is about 30 mm....
(Guenee, 1852) - Dipaustica epiastra (Meyrick, 1911)
- Ectopatria asperaEctopatria asperaEctopatria aspera is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand. It is considered a migratory species.The wingspan is 36-38 mm....
(Walker, 1857) - Eudocima fullonia Clerck, 1764
- Eudocima maternaEudocima maternaEudocima materna is a moth of the Noctuidae family found in large parts of the world, including New Guinea and Australia. Reports from the United States, Canada and the French Antilles are now considered to be Eudocima apta....
Linnaeus, 1767 - Euxoa admirationis Guenee, 1868
- Euxoa cerapachoides Guenee, 1868
- Feredayia graminosaFeredayia graminosaThe Mahoe Stripper or Green Mahoe Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is known from New Zealand.Adults are on wing from October to January.The larvae feed on the leaves of Melicytus ramiflora....
(Walker, 1857) - Grammodes pulcherrimaGrammodes pulcherrimaGrammodes pulcherrima is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the northern half of Australia.-External links:*...
T.P. Lucas, 1892 - Graphania agorastis Meyrick, 1887
- Graphania averilla Hudson, 1921
- Graphania beata Howes, 1906
- Graphania bromias Meyrick, 1902
- Graphania brunneosa Fox, 1970
- Graphania chlorodonta Hampson, 1911
- Graphania chryserythra Hampson, 1905
- Graphania disjungens Walker, 1858
- Graphania erebia Hudson, 1909
- Graphania fenwicki Philpott, 1921
- Graphania homoscia Meyrick, 1887
- Graphania infensa Walker, 1857
- Graphania insignisGraphania insignisGraphania insignis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.Recorded food plants of the larvae include Pinus radiata and Pseudotsuga species....
Walker, 1865 - Graphania lignanaGraphania lignanaGraphania lignana is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The larvae feed on various pasture and rangeland plants....
Walker, 1857 - Graphania lindsayi Dugdale, 1988
- Graphania lithias Meyrick, 1887
- Graphania maya Hudson, 1898
- Graphania mollis Howes, 1907
- Graphania morosa Butler, 1880
- Graphania mutansGraphania mutansThe Grey-brown Cutworm is a moth of the Noctuoidea family. It is native to New Zealand.The larvae feed on various pasture plants and grasses, including the leaves and fruit of various apple species and is thus considered a pest in apple orchards....
Walker, 1857 - Graphania nullifera Walker, 1857
- Graphania olivea Watt, 1916
- Graphania oliveri Hampson, 1911
- Graphania omicron Hudson, 1898
- Graphania omoplaca Meyrick, 1887
- Graphania pagaia Hudson, 1909
- Graphania paracausta Meyrick, 1887
- Graphania pelanodes Meyrick, 1931
- Graphania petrograpta Meyrick, 1929
- Graphania phricias Meyrick, 1888
- Graphania plenaGraphania plenaGraphania plena is a moth of the Noctuidae family which is native to New Zealand. The larvae have been recorded feeding on apples....
Walker, 1865 - Graphania prionistis Meyrick, 1887
- Graphania rubescens Butler, 1879
- Graphania scutata Meyrick, 1929
- Graphania sequens Howes, 1912
- Graphania sericata Howes, 1945
- Graphania tetrachroa Meyrick, 1931
- Graphania ustistrigaGraphania ustistrigaGraphania ustistriga is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.Recorded food plants of the larvae include Pinus radiata and Pseudotsuga species....
Walker, 1857 - Helicoverpa armigera confertaHelicoverpa armigeraThe cotton bollworm, corn earworm or Old World bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, is a moth, the larvae of which feed on a wide range of plants, including many important cultivated crops. It is a major pest in cotton and one of the most polyphagous and cosmopolitan pest species...
Walker, 1857 - Helicoverpa punctigeraHelicoverpa punctigeraThe Native Budworm or Australian Bollworm is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Australia.The wingspan is ca. 40 mm....
Wallengren, 1860 - Homohadena fortis (Butler, 1880)
- Hydrillodes surata Meyrick, 1910
- Hypena gonospilalis Walker, 1866
- Hypocala deflorata australiaeHypocala deflorataHypocala deflorata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widespread from India to Africa and to Australia and many Pacific islands. Records include China, Borneo, Queensland, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Rotuma, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, Norfolk Island and New Zealand.The larvae feed on Diospyros, Maba...
Butler, 1892 - Ichneutica cana Howes, 1914
- Ichneutica ceraunias Meyrick, 1887
- Ichneutica dione Hudson, 1898
- Ichneutica homerica Howes, 1943
- Ichneutica lindsayi Philpott, 1926
- Ichneutica marmorata Hudson, 1924
- Ichneutica nervosa Hudson, 1922
- Ichneutica notata Salmon, 1946
- Meterana alcyone Hudson, 1898
- Meterana asterope Hudson, 1898
- Meterana badia Philpott, 1927
- Meterana coctilis Meyrick, 1931
- Meterana coeleno Hudson, 1898
- Meterana decorata Philpott, 1905
- Meterana diatmeta Hudson, 1898
- Meterana dotata Walker, 1857
- Meterana exquisita Philpott, 1903
- Meterana grandiosa Philpott, 1903
- Meterana inchoata Philpott, 1920
- Meterana levis Philpott, 1905
- Meterana merope Hudson, 1898
- Meterana meyricci Hampson, 1911
- Meterana ochthistis Meyrick, 1887
- Meterana octans Hudson, 1898
- Meterana pansicolor Howes, 1912
- Meterana pascoi Howes, 1912
- Meterana pauca Philpott, 1910
- Meterana pictula White in Taylor, 1855
- Meterana praesignis Howes, 1911
- Meterana stipata Walker, 1865
- Meterana tartarea Butler, 1877
- Meterana vitiosa Butler, 1877
- Mocis alternaMocis alternaMocis alterna is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Queensland.The wingspan is about 30 mm.The larvae feed on Phaseolus, Medicago sativa and Glycine max.-External links:*...
Walker, 1858 - Mocis frugalisMocis frugalisThe Sugarcane Looper is a species of moth of subfamily Catocalinae of Family Noctuidae found in India.- Description :Wingspan 36–50 mm...
(Fabricius, 1775) - Mocis trifasciataMocis trifasciataMocis trifasciata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the south-west Pacific region, including Samoa, Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand, the Society Islands and Queensland....
(Stephens, 1830) - Mythimna loreyimimaMythimna loreyimimaThe Sugar Cane Armyworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Asia and Australia. They term “Armyworm” is used because of their habit to spread out in a line across a lawn or pasture, and slowly “marching” forward, meanwhile consuming the foliage they encounter.The wingspan is about 35...
Rungs, 1953 - Mythimna separataMythimna separataThe Northern armyworm, Oriental armyworm or Rice ear-cutting caterpillar is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in China, Japan, Taiwan, South-east Asia, India, Eastern Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific Islands...
Walker, 1865 - Persectania aversa (Walker, 1856)
- Phalaenoides glycinaePhalaenoides glycinaeThe Australian Grapevine Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to the south-eastern half of Australia, but is an invasive species in many parts of the world, including Canada and South Africa....
Lewin, 1805 - Physetica caerulea (Guenee, 1868)
- Proteuxoa comma (Walker, 1856)
- Pseudoips fagana (Fabricius, 1781)
- Rhapsa scotosialis Walker, 1866
- Schrankia costaestrigalisSchrankia costaestrigalisThe Pinion-streaked Snout is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe. The species closely resembles Crambidae or Pyralidae species.The wingspan is 16-22 mm. The length of the forewings is 9-11 mm...
(Stephens, 1834) - Speiredonia spectansSpeiredonia spectansGranny's Cloak Moth is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the north-east quarter of Australia and Tasmania. Strays have been recorded on Norfolk Island and in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 70 mm....
(Guenee, 1852) - Spodoptera exempta Walker, 1857a
- Spodoptera lituraSpodoptera lituraOriental Leafworm Moth Spodoptera litura is a Noctuid moth which is considered as an agricultural pest. It is also known as the Cluster caterpillar, Cotton leafworm, Tobacco cutworm, and Tropical armyworm. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics...
Fabricius, 1775 - Spodoptera mauritia acronyctoidesSpodoptera mauritiaThe Lawn Armyworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widespread from the Red Sea to India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaya to...
Guenee, 1852 - Tathorhynchus fallaxTathorhynchus fallaxLygephila exsiccata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. The nominate form is found on the Canary Islands and in North Africa, Tropical Asia and Tropical Africa. It has been introduced in Dominica and Argentina. Subspecies Lygephila exsiccata fallax is found in the northern half of Australia, as well...
Swinhoe, 1902 - Thysanoplusia orichalceaThysanoplusia orichalceaThysanoplusia orichalcea, known as the Slender Burnished Brass or Soybean looper , is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Southern Europe and Africa to Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.The wingspan is 36-44 mm...
(Fabricius, 1775) - Tiracola plagiataTiracola plagiataThe Cacao Armyworm is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from south-east Asia to the south pacific islands, including the northern two-thirds of Australia....
(Walker, 1857) - Tmetolophota acontistis Meyrick, 1887
- Tmetolophota alopa Meyrick, 1887
- Tmetolophota arotis Meyrick, 1887
- Tmetolophota atristriga Walker, 1865
- Tmetolophota blenheimensis Fereday, 1883
- Tmetolophota hartii Howes, 1914
- Tmetolophota lissoxyla Meyrick, 1911
- Tmetolophota micrastra Meyrick, 1897
- Tmetolophota paraxysta Meyrick, 1929
- Tmetolophota phaula Meyrick, 1887
- Tmetolophota propria Walker, 1856
- Tmetolophota purdii Fereday, 1883
- Tmetolophota semivittataTmetolophota semivittataTmetolophota semivittata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is about 40 mm.-External links:*...
Walker, 1865 - Tmetolophota similis Philpott, 1924
- Tmetolophota steropastis Meyrick, 1887
- Tmetolophota stulta Philpott, 1905
- Tmetolophota sulcana Fereday, 1883
- Tmetolophota toroneura Meyrick, 1901
- Tmetolophota unica Walker, 1856
- Trigonistis anticlina (Meyrick, 1901)
Oecophoridae
- Agriophara colligatella (Walker, 1864)
- Atomotricha chloronota Meyrick, 1914
- Atomotricha exsomnis Meyrick, 1913
- Atomotricha isogama Meyrick, 1909
- Atomotricha lewisi Philpott, 1927
- Atomotricha oeconoma Meyrick, 1914
- Atomotricha ommatias Meyrick, 1883
- Atomotricha prospiciens Meyrick, 1924
- Atomotricha sordida Butler, 1877
- Atomotricha versuta Meyrick, 1914
- Barea confusella Walker, 1864
- Barea consignatellaBarea consignatellaBarea consignatella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in Australia and New Zealand. It is brown and has brownish-grey markings....
Walker, 1864 - Barea exarcha Meyrick, 1883
- Borkhausenia morella Hudson, 1939
- Calicotis crucifera Meyrick, 1889
- Chersadaula ochrogastra Meyrick, 1923
- Coridomorpha stella Meyrick, 1914
- Corocosma memorabilisCorocosma memorabilisCorocosma memorabilis is a species of moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.-Original Description:♀ 8 mm. Head whitish, crown sprinkled grey. Palpi whitish. Thorax brownish sprinkled dark grey...
Meyrick, 1927 - Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Euchersadaula lathriopa Meyrick, 1905
- Euchersadaula tristis Philpott, 1926
- Eulechria zophoessa Meyrick, 1883
- Euthictis chloratma (Meyrick, 1916)
- Gymnobathra ambigua Philpott, 1926
- Gymnobathra bryaula Meyrick, 1905
- Gymnobathra caliginosa Philpott, 1927
- Gymnobathra calliploca Meyrick, 1884
- Gymnobathra callixyla Meyrick, 1888
- Gymnobathra cenchrias Meyrick, 1909
- Gymnobathra dinocosma Meyrick, 1884
- Gymnobathra flavidella Walker, 1864
- Gymnobathra hamatella Walker, 1864
- Gymnobathra hyetodes Meyrick, 1884
- Gymnobathra inaequata Philpott, 1928
- Gymnobathra jubata Philpott, 1918
- Gymnobathra levigata Philpott, 1928
- Gymnobathra omphalota Meyrick, 1888
- Gymnobathra origenes Meyrick, 1936
- Gymnobathra parca Butler, 1877
- Gymnobathra philadelpha Meyrick, 1884
- Gymnobathra primaria Philpott, 1928
- Gymnobathra rufopunctella Hudson, 1950
- Gymnobathra sarcoxantha Meyrick, 1884
- Gymnobathra squamea Philpott, 1915
- Gymnobathra tholodella Meyrick, 1884
- Hierodoris insignis Philpott, 1926
- Hierodoris atychioides Butler, 1877
- Hierodoris bilineata Salmon, 1948
- Hierodoris callispora Meyrick, 1912
- Hierodoris chlorobela Meyrick, 1921
- Hierodoris electrica Meyrick, 1889
- Hierodoris eremita Philpott, 1930
- Hierodoris frigida Philpott, 1923
- Hierodoris illita Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Hierodoris iophanes Meyrick, 1912
- Hofmannophila pseudospretellaHofmannophila pseudospretellaThe Brown House Moth is a species of the concealer moth family , wherein it belongs to subfamily Oecophorinae. It is the only known member of its genus Hofmannophila, and as is often the case for such monotypic taxa, the genus' distinctness remains to be conclusively proven...
(Stainton, 1849) - IzathaIzathaIzatha is a genus of moths of the Oecophoridae family. They are commonly known as Lichen Tuft Moths. The genus only occurs in New Zealand.-Species:*attactella-group:**Izatha attactella Walker, 1864**Izatha blepharidota Hoare, 2010...
- Lathicrossa leucocentra Meyrick, 1884
- Lathicrossa prophetica Meyrick, 1927
- Leptocroca amenena Meyrick, 1888
- Leptocroca aquilonaris Philpott, 1931
- Leptocroca asphaltis Meyrick, 1911
- Leptocroca lenita Philpott, 1931
- Leptocroca lindsayi Philpott, 1930
- Leptocroca porophora Meyrick, 1929
- Leptocroca scholaea Meyrick, 1884
- Leptocroca variabilis Philpott, 1926
- Leptocroca vinaria Meyrick, 1914
- Leptocroca xyrias Meyrick, 1931
- Locheutis fusca Philpott, 1930
- Locheutis pulla Philpott, 1928
- Locheutis vagata Meyrick, 1916
- Macronemata elaphia Meyrick, 1883
- Mermeristis spodiaea Meyrick, 1915
- Oxythecta austrina (Meyrick, 1914)
- Pachyrhabda antinoma Meyrick, 1910
- Phaeosaces apocrypta Meyrick, 1886
- Phaeosaces coarctatellaPhaeosaces coarctatellaPhaeosaces coarctatella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The larvae are lichen browsers on branches. They use old wood-borer tunnels as arefuge....
Walker, 1864 - Phaeosaces compsotypaPhaeosaces compsotypaPhaeosaces compsotypa is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae have been recorded feeding on thin-shelled almond....
Meyrick, 1886 - Phaeosaces lindsayae Philpott, 1928
- Schiffermuelleria orthophanes (Meyrick, 1905)
- Scieropepla typhicola Meyrick, 1886
- Sphyrelata laetifica Turner, 1917
- Stathmopoda albimaculata Philpott, 1931
- Stathmopoda aposemaStathmopoda aposemaStathmopoda aposema is a species of moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1901 - Stathmopoda aristodoxa Meyrick, 1926
- Stathmopoda caminora Meyrick, 1890
- Stathmopoda campylocha Meyrick, 1889
- Stathmopoda coracodes Meyrick, 1923
- Stathmopoda distincta Philpott, 1923
- Stathmopoda endotherma Meyrick, 1931
- Stathmopoda holochra Meyrick, 1889
- Stathmopoda horticola Dugdale, 1988
- Stathmopoda melanochraStathmopoda melanochraStathmopoda melanochra is a species of moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Australia and New Zealand.The moth is used as a pest control for the gum-tree scale, Eriococcus coriaceu....
Meyrick, 1897 - Stathmopoda mysteriastis Meyrick, 1901
- Stathmopoda plumbiflua Meyrick, 1911
- Stathmopoda skelloni Butler, 1880
- Stathmopoda trimolybdias Meyrick, 1926
- Tachystola acroxanthaTachystola acroxanthaTachystola acroxantha is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is native to Australia, but is an invasive species in Europe. It was probably imported with Australian plants....
(Meyrick, 1885) - Thamnosara sublitella (Walker, 1864)
- Thylacosceles acridomima Meyrick, 1889
- Thylacosceles radians Philpott, 1918
- Tinearupa sorenseni aucklandiae Dugdale, 1971
- Tinearupa sorenseni sorenseni Salmon and Bradley, 1956
- Tingena actinias Meyrick, 1901
- Tingena affinis Philpott, 1926
- Tingena afflicta Philpott, 1926
- Tingena aletis Meyrick, 1905
- Tingena amiculata Philpott, 1926
- Tingena anaema Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena ancogramma Meyrick, 1919
- Tingena apanthes Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena apertella Walker, 1864
- Tingena aphrontis Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena armigerellaTingena armigerellaTingena armigerella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is native to New Zealand.Larvae have been found in plant litter....
Walker, 1864 - Tingena aurata Philpott, 1931
- Tingena basella Walker, 1863
- Tingena berenice Meyrick, 1929
- Tingena brachyacma Meyrick, 1909
- Tingena chloradelpha Meyrick, 1905
- Tingena chloritis Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena chrysogramma Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena clarkei Philpott, 1928
- Tingena collitella Walker, 1864
- Tingena compsogramma Meyrick, 1920
- Tingena contextella Walker, 1864
- Tingena crotala Meyrick, 1915
- Tingena decora Philpott, 1928
- Tingena enodis Philpott, 1927
- Tingena epichalca Meyrick, 1886
- Tingena epimylia Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena eriphaea Meyrick, 1914
- Tingena eumenopa Meyrick, 1926
- Tingena falsiloqua Meyrick, 1932
- Tingena fenestrata Philpott, 1926
- Tingena grata Philpott, 1927
- Tingena griseata Butler, 1877
- Tingena hastata Philpott, 1916
- Tingena hemimochla Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena homodoxa Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena honesta Philpott, 1929
- Tingena honorata Philpott, 1918
- Tingena hoplodesma Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena horaea Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena idiogama Meyrick, 1924
- Tingena innotella Walker, 1864
- Tingena lassa Philpott, 1930
- Tingena laudata Philpott, 1930
- Tingena letharga Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena levicula Philpott, 1930
- Tingena loxotis Meyrick, 1905
- Tingena macarella Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena maranta Meyrick, 1886
- Tingena marcidaTingena marcidaTingena marcida is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is native to New Zealand....
Philpott, 1927 - Tingena melanamma Meyrick, 1905
- Tingena melinella Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Tingena monodonta Meyrick, 1911
- Tingena morosa Philpott, 1926
- Tingena nycteris Meyrick, 1890
- Tingena ombrodella Hudson, 1950
- Tingena opaca Philpott, 1926
- Tingena ophiodryas Meyrick, 1936
- Tingena oporaea Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena oxyina Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena pallidula Philpott, 1924
- Tingena paratrimma Meyrick, 1910
- Tingena paula Philpott, 1927
- Tingena penthalea Meyrick, 1905
- Tingena perichlora Meyrick, 1907
- Tingena pharmactis Meyrick, 1905
- Tingena phegophylla Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena plagiatella Walker, 1863
- Tingena pronephela Meyrick, 1907
- Tingena robiginosa Philpott, 1915
- Tingena seclusa Philpott, 1921
- Tingena serena Philpott, 1926
- Tingena siderodeta Meyrick, 1884
- Tingena siderota Meyrick, 1888
- Tingena sinuosa Philpott, 1928
- Tingena tephrophanes Meyrick, 1929
- Tingena terrena Philpott, 1926
- Tingena thalerodes Meyrick, 1916
- Tingena vestita Philpott, 1926
- Tingena xanthodesma Philpott, 1923
- Tingena xanthomicta Meyrick, 1916
- Trachypepla amphileuca Meyrick, 1914
- Trachypepla anastrella Meyrick, 1883
- Trachypepla angularis Philpott, 1929
- Trachypepla aspidephora Meyrick, 1883
- Trachypepla conspicuella Walker, 1864
- Trachypepla contritella Walker, 1864
- Trachypepla cyphonias Meyrick, 1927
- Trachypepla euryleucotaTrachypepla euryleucotaTrachypepla euryleucota is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.Adults have been recorded in December. They have been taken when the manuka was in blossom...
Meyrick, 1883 - Trachypepla festiva Philpott, 1930
- Trachypepla galaxias Meyrick, 1883
- Trachypepla hieropis Meyrick, 1892
- Trachypepla importuna Meyrick, 1914
- Trachypepla indolescens Meyrick, 1927
- Trachypepla ingenua Meyrick, 1911
- Trachypepla leucoplanetis Meyrick, 1883
- Trachypepla lichenodes Meyrick, 1883
- Trachypepla minuta Philpott, 1931
- Trachypepla nimbosa Philpott, 1930
- Trachypepla ocneropis Meyrick, 1936
- Trachypepla photinella Meyrick, 1883
- Trachypepla protochlora Meyrick, 1883
- Trachypepla roseata Philpott, 1923
- Trachypepla semilauta Philpott, 1918
- Trachypepla spartodeta Meyrick, 1883
Plutellidae
- Charixena iridoxa (Meyrick, 1916)
- Chrysorthenches argentea Dugdale, 1996
- Chrysorthenches drosochalca Meyrick, 1905
- Chrysorthenches glypharcha Meyrick, 1919
- Chrysorthenches halocarpi Dugdale, 1996
- Chrysorthenches phyllocladi Dugdale, 1996
- Chrysorthenches polita Philpott, 1918
- Chrysorthenches porphyritis Meyrick, 1886
- Chrysorthenches virgata Philpott, 1920
- Doxophyrtis hydrocosma Meyrick, 1914
- Hierodoris stellata Philpott, 1918
- Leuroperna seraLeuroperna seraLeuroperna sera is a moth of the Plutellidae family. It is found in south-east Asia and Australia. The wingspan is about . The larvae feed on various Brassicaceae species....
(Meyrick, 1886) - Orthenches chartularia Meyrick, 1924
- Orthenches chlorocoma Meyrick, 1886
- Orthenches dictyarcha Meyrick, 1927
- Orthenches disparilis Philpott, 1931
- Orthenches homerica Salmon, 1956
- Orthenches prasinodes Meyrick, 1886
- Orthenches saleuta Meyrick, 1913
- Orthenches semifasciataOrthenches semifasciataOrthenches semifasciata is a moth of the Plutellidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The head, palpi, and thorax are white mixed with brown and the abdomen is grey. The forewings are elongate, the costa gently arched, the apex subacute, the termen rounded and oblique....
Philpott, 1915 - Orthenches septentrionalis Philpott, 1930
- Orthenches similis Philpott, 1924
- Orthenches vinitincta Philpott, 1917
- Phylacodes cauta Meyrick, 1905
- Plutella antiphona Meyrick, 1901
- Plutella psammochroa Meyrick, 1886
- Plutella xylostella Linnaeus, 1758
- Proditrix chionochloae Dugdale, 1987
- Proditrix gahniae Dugdale, 1987
- Proditrix megalynta Meyrick, 1915
- Proditrix tetragona Hudson, 1918
- Protosynaema eratopis Meyrick, 1886
- Protosynaema hymenopis Meyrick, 1935
- Protosynaema matutina Philpott, 1928
- Protosynaema quaestuosa Meyrick, 1924
- Protosynaema steropucha Meyrick, 1886
Psychidae
- Cebysa leucotelusCebysa leucotelusThe Australian Bagmoth is a moth of the Psychidae family. It is found in New Zealand and the southern half of Australia ....
Walker, 1854 - Grypotheca horningae Dugdale, 1987
- Grypotheca pertinax Dugdale, 1987
- Grypotheca triangularis Philpott, 1930
- Liothula omnivora Fereday, 1878
- Mallobathra abyssina Clarke, 1934
- Mallobathra angusta Philpott, 1928
- Mallobathra aphrosticha Meyrick, 1912
- Mallobathra campbellica Dugdale, 1971
- Mallobathra cana Philpott, 1927
- Mallobathra cataclysma Clarke, 1934
- Mallobathra crataea Meyrick, 1888
- Mallobathra fenwicki Philpott, 1924
- Mallobathra homalopa Meyrick, 1891
- Mallobathra lapidosa Meyrick, 1914
- Mallobathra memotuina Clarke, 1934
- Mallobathra metrosema Meyrick, 1888
- Mallobathra obscura Philpott, 1928
- Mallobathra perisseuta Meyrick, 1920
- Mallobathra petrodoxa Meyrick, 1923
- Mallobathra scoriota Meyrick, 1909
- Mallobathra strigulata Philpott, 1924
- Mallobathra subalpina Philpott, 1930
- Mallobathra tonnoiri Philpott, 1927
- Orophora unicolor (Butler, 1877)
- Reductoderces araneosa Meyrick, 1914
- Reductoderces aucklandica Dugdale, 1971
- Reductoderces cawthronella Philpott, 1921
- Reductoderces fuscoflava Salmon and Bradley, 1956
- Reductoderces illustris Philpott, 1917
- Reductoderces microphanes Meyrick, 1888
- Rhathamictis nocturna Clarke, 1926
- Rhathamictis perspera Meyrick, 1924
- Scoriodyta conisalia Meyrick, 1888
- Scoriodyta dugdalei Haettenschwiler, 1989
- Scoriodyta patricki Haettenschwiler, 1989
- Scoriodyta rakautarensis Haettenschwiler, 1989
- Scoriodyta sereinae Haettenschwiler, 1989
- Scoriodyta suttonensis Haettenschwiler, 1989
- Scoriodyta virginella Haettenschwiler, 1989
Pterophoridae
- Lantanophaga pusillidactylaLantanophaga pusillidactylaThe Lantana Plume Moth is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is native to the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. It was introduced to Australia accidentally in 1936 and is now found from Sydney to Cairns along the coast...
(Walker, 1864) - Platyptilia aelodes Meyrick, 1902
- Platyptilia campsipteraPlatyptilia campsipteraPlatyptilia campsiptera is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 17 mm. The head and thorax are yellowish-white and the abdomen is pale whitish-yellow. The forewings are whitish, tinged with pale yellow. The hindwings are reddish-fuscous....
Meyrick, 1907 - Platyptilia carduidactylaPlatyptilia carduidactylaThe Artichoke Plume Moth is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, from Mexico north into the United States....
Riley, 1869 - Platyptilia deprivatalis Walker, 1864
- Platyptilia falcatalis Walker, 1864
- Platyptilia heliastis Meyrick, 1885
- Platyptilia hokowhitalisPlatyptilia hokowhitalisPlatyptilia hokowhitalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand, including the North Island....
Hudson, 1939 - Platyptilia isotermaPlatyptilia isotermaPlatyptilia isoterma is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 18 mm. The head is white mixed with dark reddish-fuscous. The antennae are grey with a blackish line above...
Meyrick, 1909 - Platyptilia pulverulentaPlatyptilia pulverulentaPlatyptilia pulverulenta is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 23 mm. The head is whitish and the antennae are reddish-brown mixed with whitish. The thorax is reddish-brown densely mixed with white and the abdomen is greyish-brown. The forewings are...
Philpott, 1923 - Platyptilia repletalis Walker, 1864
- Pterophorus furcatalisPterophorus furcatalisPterophorus furcatalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The head, palpi, antennae and legs are white. The thorax is pale fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous, but the anterior margin is broadly white. The abdomen is white, with a central...
Walker, 1864 - Pterophorus innotatalisPterophorus innotatalisPterophorus innotatalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The head, palpi, antennae, thorax and abdomen are pale ochreous. The legs are ochreous-whitish. The forewings are pale whitish-yellowish. The hindwings are dark grey.The larvae feed...
Walker, 1864 - Pterophorus monospilalisPterophorus monospilalisPterophorus monospilalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand, where it is known from the North and South islands and Steward Island.The wingspan is 21-23 mm. The head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs are white...
Walker, 1864 - Sphenarches cafferSphenarches cafferThe Bottle Gourd Plume Moth is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from India, Malaysia, Mauritius, the Seychelles and South Africa....
(Zeller, 1852) - Stenoptilia celidota Meyrick, 1885
- Stenoptilia charadrias Meyrick, 1885
- Stenoptilia epotis Meyrick, 1905
- Stenoptilia lithoxesta Meyrick, 1885
- Stenoptilia oritesStenoptilia oritesStenoptilia orites is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The larvae feed on the flowers of Senecio and Brachyglottis species....
Meyrick, 1885 - Stenoptilia zophodactyla Duponchel, 1838
Pyralidae
- Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)
- Aglossa caprealisAglossa caprealisAglossa caprealis is a moth species of the family Pyralidae. It is found globally, though its native range is presumably western Eurasia or nearby regions, as in other Aglossa species....
(Hubner, [1800-1809]) - Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
- Crocydopora cinigerella (Walker, 1866)
- Cryptoblabes gnidiellaCryptoblabes gnidiellaThe Honeydew Moth or Christmasberry Moth is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is natively found around the Mediterranean Sea and is an introduced species in South America and Middle America....
(Millière, 1867) - Delogenes limodoxa Meyrick, 1918
- Diasemia grammalisDiasemia grammalisDiasemia grammalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in New Zealand.Adults are orchard or packhouse contaminants.The larvae feed on native grasses and herbaceous plants...
Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843 - Diasemiopsis ramburialisDiasemiopsis ramburialisDiasemiopsis ramburialis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It occurs in most of Europe and the tropics, including the Azores, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia....
(Duponchel, 1834) - Diplopseustis perieresalis (Walker, 1859)
- Dracaenura aegialitis Meyrick, 1910
- Endotricha pyrosalisEndotricha pyrosalisEndotricha pyrosalis is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in Australia and is common in Sydney and Melbourne.The wingspan is about 20 mm....
Guenee, 1854 - Ephestia elutellaEphestia elutellaThe Cacao Moth, Tobacco Moth or Warehouse Moth is a small moth of the family Pyralidae. It is probably native to in Europe, but has been transported widely, even to Australia. A subspecies is E. e. pterogrisella....
Hubner, 1796 - Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879
- Eranistis pandora Meyrick, 1910
- Etiella behriiEtiella behriiEtiella behrii is a species of moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and most of Australia.The wingspan is about 10 mm....
(Zeller, 1848) - Galleria mellonellaGalleria mellonellaThe Greater Wax Moth or Honeycomb Moth is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is the only member of the genus Galleria. It is found in most of the world, including Europe and adjacent Eurasia , and as an introduced species e.g...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Gauna aegusalisGauna aegusalisGauna aegusalis is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in Australia....
(Walker, 1859) - Herpetogramma licarsisalisHerpetogramma licarsisalisThe Grass Webworm or Tropical Grass Webworm is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is native to most of the old world tropics, including New Zealand, Hong Kong and Queensland. It is an introduced species in many other parts of the world, including Hawaii, Great Britain and the Canary Islands.The...
(Walker, 1859) - Homoeosoma anaspila Meyrick, 1901
- Homoeosoma ischnomorpha Meyrick, 1931
- Hymenia recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Oligochroa oculiferella (Meyrick, 1879)
- Patagoniodes farinaria (Turner, 1904)
- Plodia interpunctella (Hubner, [1810-1813])
- Pyralis farinalisPyralis farinalisThe Meal Moth is a cosmopolitan moth of the family Pyralidae. Its larvae are pest of certain stored foods, namely milled plant products....
Linnaeus, 1758 - Scoparia acharis Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia albafascicula Salmon in Salmon and Bradley, 1956
- Scoparia animosa Meyrick, 1914
- Scoparia apheles Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia asaleuta Meyrick, 1907
- Scoparia astragalota Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia augastis Meyrick, 1907
- Scoparia autochroa Meyrick, 1907
- Scoparia autumna Philpott, 1927d
- Scoparia caesia Philpott, 1926
- Scoparia caliginosa Philpott, 1918
- Scoparia chalicodes Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia cinefacta Philpott, 1926
- Scoparia claranota Howes, 1946
- Scoparia clavata Philpott, 1912
- Scoparia contexta Philpott, 1931
- Scoparia crepuscula Salmon, 1946
- Scoparia cyameuta Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia declivis Philpott, 1918
- Scoparia diphtheralisScoparia diphtheralisEudonia diphtheralis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on mosses.-Original Description:Wingspan for males and females is 23–26 mm. Head pale ochreous, face black. Palpi 2 ¼, black, mixed with white, basal joint white. Antennæ black, beneath...
Walker, 1866 - Scoparia dryphactis Meyrick, 1911
- Scoparia ejuncida Knaggs, 1867
- Scoparia encapna Meyrick, 1888
- Scoparia ergatis Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia exilis Knaggs, 1867
- Scoparia falsa Philpott, 1924
- Scoparia famularis Philpott, 1930
- Scoparia fimbriata Philpott, 1917
- Scoparia fragosa Meyrick, 1910
- Scoparia fumata Philpott, 1915
- Scoparia gracilis Philpott, 1924
- Scoparia halopis Meyrick, 1909
- Scoparia harpalaea Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia humilialis Hudson, 1950
- Scoparia illota Philpott, 1919
- Scoparia indistinctalis Walker, 1863
- Scoparia limatula Philpott, 1930
- Scoparia lychnophanes Meyrick, 1927
- Scoparia minusculalis Walker, 1866
- Scoparia molifera Meyrick, 1926
- Scoparia monochroma Salmon, 1946
- Scoparia niphospora Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia nomeutis Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia pallidula Philpott, 1928
- Scoparia panopla Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia parachalca Meyrick, 1901
- Scoparia parca Philpott, 1928
- Scoparia parmifera Meyrick, 1909
- Scoparia pascoella Philpott, 1920
- Scoparia petrina Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia phalerias Meyrick, 1905
- Scoparia pura Philpott, 1924
- Scoparia rotuella Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Scoparia scripta Philpott, 1918
- Scoparia sideraspis Meyrick, 1905
- Scoparia sinuata Philpott, 1930
- Scoparia subita Philpott, 1912
- Scoparia sylvestris Clarke, 1926
- Scoparia tetracycla Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia trapezophora Meyrick, 1885
- Scoparia triscelis Meyrick, 1909
- Scoparia tuicana Clarke, 1926
- Scoparia turneri Philpott, 1928
- Scoparia ustimacula Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Scoparia valenternota Howes, 1946
- Scoparia vulpecula Meyrick, 1927
- Sporophyla oenospora (Meyrick, 1897)
Roeslerstammiidae
- Dolichernis chloroleuca Meyrick, 1891
- Vanicela disjunctella Walker, 1864
Saturniidae
- Actias seleneActias seleneThe Indian Moon Moth or Indian Luna Moth is a species of Saturniid moth from Asia. This species is popular among amateur entomologists and is often reared from eggs or cocoons that are available from commercial sources...
(Hübner, 1807) - Antheraea pernyiAntheraea pernyiAntheraea pernyi, the Chinese Tussah Moth , also known as Temperate Tussah Moth, is a large moth in the family Saturniidae. Antheraea roylei is an extremely close relative and the present species might actually have evolved from ancestral A. roylei by chromosome rearrangement.They are originally...
(Guérin-Méneville, 1855) - Caligula simlaCaligula simlaCaligula simla is a moth of the Saturniidae family. It is found in south-eastern Asia, including China and Thailand.The larvae feed on Quercus and Prunus padus.-External links:*...
(Westwood, 1847) - Hyalophora cecropiaHyalophora cecropiaThe Cecropia Moth is North America's largest native moth. It is a member of the Saturniidae family, or giant silk moths. Females with a wingspan of 160 mm or more have been documented. It is found as far west as the Rocky Mountains and north into the maritime provinces of Canada...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Opodiphthera eucalyptiOpodiphthera eucalyptiThe emperor gum moth, Opodiphthera eucalypti, is a species of moth native to Australia, and can be easily found in all the states except for Tasmania. They are also found as an introduced species in the North and South Islands of New Zealand...
(Scott, 1864) - Samia cynthiaSamia cynthiaThe Ailanthus silkmoth is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth has very large wings of 113-125 mm, with a quarter-moon shaped spot on both the upper and lower wings, whitish and yellow stripes and brown background...
(Drury, 1773)
Scythrididae
- Scythris epistrota Meyrick, 1889
- Scythris nigra Philpott, 1931
- Scythris niphozela Meyrick, 1931
- Scythris triatma Meyrick, 1935
Sphingidae
- Agrius convolvuliAgrius convolvuliThe Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli, is a large hawkmoth. It is common throughout Europe, Africa and Australia.-Description and habits:The wingspan is 80-105 mm...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Cizara ardeniaeCizara ardeniaeThe Coprosma Hawk Moth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the eastern coastal region of Australia and New Zealand....
(Lewin, 1805) - Daphnis placida placidaDaphnis placidaDaphnis placida is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia , the Solomon Islands and the northern half of Australia....
Walker, 1856 - Hippotion celerioHippotion celerioHippotion celerio, known as the Vine Hawk-Moth or Silver-striped Hawk-Moth, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Africa, Southern Europe, Central and Southern Asia and Australia. It can be found further north, because of its migratory nature.-Colouring and marks :The body and forewing...
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Tineidae
- Amphixystis hapsimacha Meyrick, 1901
- Archyala culta Philpott, 1931
- Archyala lindsayi Philpott, 1927
- Archyala opulenta Philpott, 1926
- Archyala paraglypta Meyrick, 1889
- Archyala pentazyga Meyrick, 1915
- Archyala terranea Butler, 1879
- Astrogenes hrysograpta Meyrick, 1921
- Astrogenes insignita Philpott, 1930
- Bascantis sirenica Meyrick, 1914
- Crypsitricha agriopa Meyrick, 1888
- Crypsitricha generosa Philpott, 1926
- Crypsitricha mesotypa Meyrick, 1888
- Crypsitricha pharotoma Meyrick, 1888
- Crypsitricha roseata Meyrick, 1913
- Crypsitricha stereota Meyrick, 1914
- Dryadaula castanea Philpott, 1915
- Dryadaula myrrhina Meyrick, 1905
- Dryadaula pactolia Meyrick, 1901
- Dryadaula terpsichorellaDryadaula terpsichorellaThe Dancing Moth is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is native to south-eastern Polynesia, Samoa and Fiji, but has also been recorded from Hawaii and more recently from Florida and California...
(Busck, 1910) - Endophthora omogramma Meyrick, 1888
- Endophthora pallacopis Meyrick, 1918
- Endophthora rubiginella Hudson, 1939
- Endophthora tylogramma Meyrick, 1924
- Erechthias acrodina Meyrick, 1912
- Erechthias charadrota Meyrick, 1880
- Erechthias chasmatias Meyrick, 1880
- Erechthias chionodiraErechthias chionodiraErechthias chionodira is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is known from New Zealand....
Meyrick, 1880 - Erechthias crypsimima Meyrick, 1920
- Erechthias decoranda Meyrick, 1925
- Erechthias exospila Meyrick, 1901
- Erechthias externella Walker, 1864
- Erechthias flavostriata Walsingham
- Erechthias fulguritella Walker, 1863
- Erechthias hemiclistra Meyrick, 1911
- Erechthias indicans Meyrick, 1923
- Erechthias lychnopa Meyrick, 1927
- Erechthias macrozyga Meyrick, 1916
- Erechthias stilbella Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843
- Erechthias terminella Walker, 1863
- Eschatotypa derogatella Walker, 1863
- Eschatotypa halosparta Meyrick, 1919
- Eschatotypa melichrysa Meyrick, 1880
- Eugennaea laquearia (Meyrick, 1914)
- Habrophila compseuta Meyrick, 1889
- Lindera tessellatellaLindera tessellatellaLindera tessellatella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is a widely distributed species, which was first described from South America, but has been recorded from Africa, Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii....
Blanchard, 1852 - Lysiphragma epixyla Meyrick, 1888
- Lysiphragma howesii Quail, 1901
- Lysiphragma mixochlora Meyrick, 1888
- Lysiphragma argentaria Salmon, 1948
- Monopis argillacea Meyrick, 1893
- Monopis crocicapitellaMonopis crocicapitellaMonopis crocicapitella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. It was first described from the eastern United States....
Clemens, 1859 - Monopis dimorphella Dugdale, 1971
- Monopis ethelella Newman, 1856
- Monopis ornithias Meyrick, 1888
- Monopis typhlopa Meyrick, 1925
- Nemapogon granellaNemapogon granellaThe European Grain Moth is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family , and therein to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. It is the type species of its genus Nemapogon, and via that also of the subfamily Nemapogoninae. It is also the type species of the proposed genera Brosis The...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Niditinea fuscellaNiditinea fuscellaThe Brown-dotted Clothes Moth is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family , and therein to the nominate subfamily Tineinae. It is the type species of its genus Niditinea.It is widespread and common in much of western Eurasia The Brown-dotted Clothes Moth (Niditinea...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Opogona aurisquamosaOpogona aurisquamosaOpogona aurisquamosa is a moth of the Tineidae family. It has been recorded from Pacific, including Easter Island, the Marquesas, the Society Islands, Fiji, the Kermadec Islands and Hawaii. It may have been dispersed by the Polynesians as well as by Europeans.Adults are bronzy-yellowish with violet...
Swezey, 1913 - Opogona comptellaOpogona comptellaOpogona comptella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found from southern Queensland to Tasmania as well as in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 15 mm...
Walker, 1864 - Opogona omoscopaOpogona omoscopaOpogona omoscopa is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in western Australia. It is an introduced species in the United Kingdom.The wingspan is about 15 mm....
Meyrick, 1893 - Petasactis technica (Meyrick, 1888)
- Proterodesma byrsopola Meyrick, 1909
- Proterodesma chathamica Dugdale, 1971
- Proterodesma turbotti Salmon and Bradley, 1956
- Prothinodes grammocosma Meyrick, 1888
- Prothinodes lutata Meyrick, 1914
- Sagephora exsanguis Philpott, 1918
- Sagephora felix Meyrick, 1914
- Sagephora jocularis Philpott, 1926
- Sagephora phortegella Meyrick, 1888
- Sagephora steropastis Meyrick, 1891
- Sagephora subcarinata Meyrick, 1931
- Tephrosaria cimmeria (Meyrick, 1914)
- Thallostoma eurygrapha Meyrick, 1913
- Tinea accusatrix Meyrick, 1916
- Tinea aetherea Clarke, 1926
- Tinea argodelta Meyrick, 1915
- Tinea astraea Meyrick, 1911
- Tinea atmogramma Meyrick, 1927
- Tinea belonota Meyrick, 1888
- Tinea conferta Meyrick, 1914
- Tinea conspecta Philpott, 1931
- Tinea dicharacta Meyrick, 1911
- Tinea dividua Philpott, 1928
- Tinea dubiella Stainton, 1859
- Tinea fagicola Meyrick, 1921
- Tinea furcillata Philpott, 1930
- Tinea margaritis Meyrick, 1914
- Tinea mochlota Meyrick, 1888
- Tinea munita Meyrick, 1932
- Tinea pallescentella Stainton, 1851
- Tinea pellionellaTinea pellionellaThe Case-bearing Clothes Moth is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family , and therein to the nominate subfamily Tineinae...
Linnaeus, 1758 - Tinea sphenocosma Meyrick, 1919
- Tinea texta Meyrick, 1931
- Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823)
- Trichophaga tapetzellaTrichophaga tapetzellaThe Tapestry Moth or Carpet Moth is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found worldwide.The wingspan is 14–18 mm...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Trithamnora certella (Walker, 1863)
Tortricidae
- Acleris comarianaAcleris comarianaThe Strawberry Tortrix is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Europe, the Caucasus, Amur, Kamchatka, China, Korea and Japan.The wingspan is 13-18 mm....
Lienig and Zeller, 1846 - Acroclita discariana Philpott, 1930
- Apoctena clarkei Philpott, 1930b
- Apoctena conditana Walker, 1863c
- Apoctena fastigata Philpott, 1916
- Apoctena flavescens Butler, 1877
- Apoctena orthocopa Meyrick, 1924b
- Apoctena orthropis Meyrick, 1901
- Apoctena persecta Meyrick, 1914a
- Apoctena pictoriana Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Apoctena spatiosa Philpott, 1923
- Apoctena syntona laqueorum Dugdale, 1971
- Apoctena syntona syntona Meyrick, 1909
- Apoctena taipana Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Apoctena tigris Philpott, 1914
- Argyroploce chlorosaris Meyrick, 1914
- Ascerodes prochlora Meyrick, 1905
- Bactra noteraula Walsingham, 1907
- Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
- Capua intractanaCapua intractanaCapua intractana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Australia, including Tasmania....
(Walker, 1869) - Capua semiferana (Walker, 1863)
- Catamacta alopecana Meyrick, 1885
- Catamacta gavisana Walker, 1863
- Catamacta lotinana Meyrick, 1883
- Catamacta rureana Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875
- Cnephasia holorphna Meyrick, 1911
- Cnephasia incessana Walker, 1863
- Cnephasia jactatanaCnephasia jactatanaThe Black-lyre Leafroller Moth is a tortrix moth species . It is endemic to New Zealand....
Walker, 1863 - Cnephasia latomana Meyrick, 1885
- Cnephasia melanophaea Meyrick, 1927
- Cnephasia microbathra Meyrick, 1911
- Cnephasia ochnosema Meyrick, 1936
- Cnephasia paterna Philpott, 1926
- Crocidosema plebejanaCrocidosema plebejanaCrocidosema plebejana is a tortrix moth , belonging to tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. It is found today all over the subtropical and tropical regions of the world and even occurs on many oceanic islands – in Polynesia and on Saint Helena for example –, but has probably...
Zeller, 1847 - Cryptaspasma querulaCryptaspasma querulaCryptaspasma querula is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is known from New Zealand.The larvae feed on the fleshy cotyledons of Beilschmiedia tawa seeds. The larvae are an important food source for Mus musculus....
(Meyrick, 1912) - Ctenopseustis filicis Dugdale, 1990
- Ctenopseustis fraterna Philpott, 1930
- Ctenopseustis heranaCtenopseustis heranaThe Brownheaded leafroller is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is native to New Zealand, where it is found on the South, Steward and Chatham Islands. The common name is also used for related species Ctenopseustis obliquana....
Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875 - Ctenopseustis obliquanaCtenopseustis obliquanaThe Brownheaded leafroller is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is native to New Zealand and is an introduced species in Hawaii. The common name is also used for related species Ctenopseustis herana....
Walker, 1863 - Ctenopseustis servana Walker, 1863
- Curvisacculus philpotti Dugdale, 1978
- Curvisacculus triorthota Meyrick, 1927
- Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1759)
- Dipterina imbriferana Meyrick, 1881
- Ecclitica hemiclista Meyrick, 1905
- Ecclitica torogramma Meyrick, 1897
- Epalxiphora axenana Meyrick, 1881
- Epichorista abdita Philpott, 1924
- Epichorista allogama Meyrick, 1914
- Epichorista aspistana Meyrick, 1883
- Epichorista crypsidora Meyrick, 1909
- Epichorista elephantina Meyrick, 1885
- Epichorista emphanes Meyrick, 1901
- Epichorista eribola Meyrick, 1889
- Epichorista fraudulenta Philpott, 1928
- Epichorista hemionana Meyrick, 1883
- Epichorista lindsayi Philpott, 1928
- Epichorista mimica Philpott, 1930
- Epichorista siriana Meyrick, 1881
- Epichorista tenebrosa Philpott, 1917
- Epichorista zatrophana Meyrick, 1883
- Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863)
- Ericodesma aerodana Meyrick, 1881
- Ericodesma argentosa Philpott, 1924
- Ericodesma cuneata Clarke, 1926
- Ericodesma melanosperma Meyrick, 1916
- Ericodesma scruposa Philpott, 1924
- Eurythecta curva Philpott, 1918
- Eurythecta eremana Meyrick, 1885
- Eurythecta leucothrinca Meyrick, 1931
- Eurythecta loxias Meyrick, 1888
- Eurythecta phaeoxyla Meyrick, 1938
- Eurythecta robusta Butler, 1877
- Eurythecta zelaea Meyrick, 1905
- Gelophaula aenea Butler, 1877
- Gelophaula aridella Clarke, 1934
- Gelophaula lychnophanes Meyrick, 1916
- Gelophaula palliata Philpott, 1914
- Gelophaula praecipitalis Meyrick, 1934
- Gelophaula siraea Meyrick, 1885
- Gelophaula tributaria Philpott, 1913
- Gelophaula trisulca Meyrick, 1916
- Gelophaula vana Philpott, 1928
- Grapholita molesta (Busck in Quaintance and Wood, 1916)
- Harmologa amplexana Zeller, 1875
- Harmologa columella Meyrick, 1927
- Harmologa festiva Philpott, 1915
- Harmologa oblongana Walker, 1863
- Harmologa petrias Meyrick, 1901
- Harmologa pontifica Meyrick, 1911
- Harmologa reticularis Philpott, 1915
- Harmologa sanguinea Philpott, 1915
- Harmologa scoliastis Meyrick, 1907
- Harmologa sisyrana Meyrick, 1883
- Harmologa speciosa Philpott, 1927
- Harmologa toroterma Hudson, 1925
- Hendecasticha aethaliana Meyrick, 1881
- Leucotenes coprosmae (Dugdale, 1990)
- Lopharcha insolita (Dugdale, 1966)
- Maoritenes cyclobathra Meyrick, 1907
- Maoritenes modesta Philpott, 1930
- Merophyas leucaniana Walker, 1863
- Merophyas paraloxa Meyrick, 1907
- Ochetarcha miraculosa (Meyrick, 1917)
- Parienia mochlophorana (Meyrick, 1883)
- Philocryptica polypodii (Watt, 1921)
- Planotortrix avicenniae Dugdale, 1990
- Planotortrix excessanaPlanotortrix excessanaThe Greenheaded leafroller is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is native to New Zealand and is an introduced species in Hawaii.The wingspan is 16–30 mm. There are several generations per year....
Walker, 1863 - Planotortrix flammea Salmon, 1956
- Planotortrix notophaea Turner, 1926
- Planotortrix octoPlanotortrix octoPlanotortrix octo is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in New Zealand, where it is found on both the North and South Islands....
Dugdale, 1990 - Planotortrix octoides Dugdale, 1990
- Planotortrix puffini Dugdale, 1990
- Polychrosis meliscia Meyrick, 1910
- Prothelymna antiquana Walker, 1863
- Prothelymna niphostrota Meyrick, 1907
- Protithona fugitivana Meyrick, 1883
- Protithona potamias Meyrick, 1909
- Pyrgotis arcuata Philpott, 1915
- Pyrgotis calligypsa Meyrick, 1926
- Pyrgotis chrysomela Meyrick, 1914
- Pyrgotis consentiens Philpott, 1916
- Pyrgotis eudorana Meyrick, 1885
- Pyrgotis humilis Philpott, 1930
- Pyrgotis plagiatana Walker, 1863
- Pyrgotis plinthoglypta Meyrick, 1892
- Pyrgotis pyramidias Meyrick, 1901
- Pyrgotis transfixa Meyrick, 1924
- Pyrgotis zygiana Meyrick, 1883
- Sorensenata agilitata Salmon and Bradley, 1956
- Strepsicrates charopa Meyrick, 1888
- Strepsicrates dolopaea Meyrick, 1905
- Strepsicrates ejectana Walker, 1863
- Strepsicrates emplasta Meyrick, 1901
- Strepsicrates infensa Meyrick, 1911
- Strepsicrates macropetana Meyrick, 1881
- Strepsicrates melanotreta Meyrick, 1910
- Strepsicrates parthenia Meyrick, 1888
- Strepsicrates sideritis Meyrick, 1905
- Strepsicrates zopherana Meyrick, 1881
- Tortrix antichroa Meyrick, 1919
- Tortrix demiana Meyrick, 1883
- Tortrix fervida Meyrick, 1901
- Tortrix incendaria Meyrick, 1923
- Tortrix molybditis Meyrick, 1907
- Tortrix sphenias Meyrick, 1909
- Tortrix zestodes Meyrick, 1924
Yponomeutidae
- Prays nephelomimaPrays nephelomimaThe Citrus Flower Moth is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Australia and New Zealand.The wingspan is about 10 mm.The larvae are a pest on Citrus species...
Meyrick, 1907 - Zelleria copidota Meyrick, 1889
- Zelleria maculata Philpott, 1930
- Zelleria porphyraula Meyrick, 1927
- Zelleria rorida Philpott, 1918
- Zelleria sphenota Meyrick, 1889
Unknown family
- Cadmogenes literata Meyrick, 1923
- Lysiphragma epixyla Meyrick, 1888
- Lysiphragma howesii Quail, 1901
- Lysiphragma mixochlora Meyrick, 1888
- Lysiphragma argentaria Salmon, 1948
- Titanomis sisyrota Meyrick, 1888