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Photo gallery of select moths of the French Polynesia

{Galerie de photo d'espèce choisie}

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Check box next to name indicates either : how many specimens from Moorea (or Tahiti) are in BioCode pipeline,
or from which archipelago they are known - (A) Australs, (M) Marquesas, (T) Tuamotus

ALUCITOIDEA - PTEROPHOROIDEA
Alucitidae
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Alucita pselioxantha
T
Alucita pterochroma
M
Alucita xanthozona
M
Alucita sp.
1
ALUCITOIDEA - PTEROPHOROIDEA
Pterophoridae
Tineodidae
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Marasmarcha pumilio
0
Stangeia distantia
M
Stangeia rapae
A
Neoxychirota isolata
M
BOMBYCOIDEA
Sphingidae
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Agrius convolvuli
2
Philodila astyanor
0
Gnathothlibus erotus eras
1
Hippotion celerio
0

Macroglossum hirundo

0
BOMBYCOIDEA
Sphingidae

got

 

Macroglossum marquesanum
0
CHOREUTOIDEA
Choreutidae
Choreutis chalcotoxa
1
Chor. chelaspis chelaspis
M
Chor. chelaspis euthenia
M
Choreutis orthogona
1
Tebenna bradleyi
A
COPROMORPHOIDEA
Carposinidae
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Carposina apousia
A
Carposina paracrinifera
A
Peragrarchis pelograpta
A
Carposina sp. 1
0
Carposina sp. 2
0
COPROMORPHOIDEA
EPERMENIOIDEA
GALACTICOIDEA
GELECHIOIDEA
Copromorphidae
Epermeniidae
Galacticidae
Blastobasidae
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Dryanessa erabactis
0
Ochromolopis incrassa
A
Tanaoctena indubitata
A
Tanaoctena sp.
0
Blastobasis inana
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
Acanthophlebia argentea
M
Adeana leucoxantha
M
Anatrachyntis cyma
M
Anatrachyntis incertulella
0
Anatrachyntis lunulifera
1
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
Anatrachyntis megacentra
0
Asymphorodes acerbus
M
Asymphorodes acritopterus
M
Asymphorodes acrophrictis
M
Asymphorodes admirandus
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
got
got
got
Asymphorodes adynatus
M
Asymphorodes aenigma
M
Asymphorodes albicoma
M
Asymphorodes amblysoma
M
Asymphorodes aporia
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
Asymphorodes astathopis
M
Asymphorodes balanotis
M
Asymphorodes bipunctatus
M
Asymphorodes brevimacula
M
Asymphorodes canicoma
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
got
got
Asymphorodes chalcocoma
M
Asymphorodes chalcopterus
M
Asymphorodes chalcosoma
M
Asymphorodes chalcozona
0
Asymphorodes chrysophanes
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
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got
Asymphorodes cicatricula
M
Asymphorodes circopis
M
Asymphorodes cirsodes
M
Asymphorodes coesyrias
M
Asymphorodes culminis
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
got
got
Asymphorodes cuneatus
M
Asymphorodes diamphidius
M
Asymphorodes didyma
M
Asymphorodes diffidentia
M
Asymphorodes emphereia
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
got
Asymphorodes ergodes
M
Asymphorodes favilla
M
Asymphorodes fractura
M
Asymphorodes hemileucus
M
Asymphorodes holoporphyra
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
got
got
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Asymphorodes homosoma
M
Asymphorodes honoria
M
Asymphorodes hypostema
M
Asymphorodes ingravescens
M
Asymphorodes interstincta
T
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
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got
Asymphorodes lenticula
M
Asymphorodes leptotes
M
Asymphorodes leucoloma
M
Asymphorodes leucoterma
M
Asymphorodes lucerna
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
got
Asymphorodes lucidus
M
Asym. macrogramma
M
Asymphorodes mediostriatus
M
Asymphorodes melanosoma
M
Asymphorodes mesoxanthus
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
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Asymphorodes monoxesta
0
Asymphorodes montgomeryi
M
Asymphorodes myronota
M
Asymphorodes nebrias
M
Asymphorodes nephocirca
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
got
got
Asymphorodes nigricornis
M
Asymphorodes nuciferae
M
Asymphorodes ochrogramma
M
Asymphorodes oculisignis
M
Asymphorodes paraporia
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
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got
Asymphorodes phaeochorda
M
Asym. phalarogramma
M
Asymphorodes plectographa
M
Asymphorodes plemmelia
M
Asymphorodes poliopterus
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
got
Asymphorodes porphyrarcha
M
Asymphorodes regina
M
Asymphorodes remigiata
M
Asymphorodes semiluteus
M
Asymphorodes seminiger
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
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got
Asymphorodes pollutus
M
Asymphorodes sericeus
M
Asymphorodes sphenocopa
M
Asymphorodes spintheropus
M
Asymphorodes spodogramma
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
Asymphorodes trichogramma
M
Asymphorodes trigrapha
M
Asymphorodes valligera
M
Asymphorodes xanthostola
M
Asymphorodes xestophanes
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
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got
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Cosmopterix aphranassa
A
Cosmopterix ceriocosma
M
Cosmopterix diandra
M
Cosmopterix flavofasciata
0
Cosmopterix melanarches
0
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
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got

 

got
got
Cosmopterix nonna
M
Echinoscelis hemithia
A
Herlinda fasciola
M
Herlinda iota
M
Herlinda oligoria
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
got
got
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Herlinda phaeoxantha
M
Iressa microsema
M
Iressa neoleuca
0
Labdia dicyanitis
0
Melnea armigera
0
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
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got
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Microzestis inelegans
M
Semolina leucotricha
A
Stagmatophora spintheropa
M
Syntomaula simulatella
0
Trissodoris honorariella
0
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
Trissodoris thelmae
A
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopteryx sp.
0
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
GELECHIOIDEA
Cosmopterigidae
GELECHIOIDEA
Gelechiidae
no image
got
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got

 

got

 

Autosticha leucoptera
M
Austosticha merista
A
Autosticha pelodes
0
Chelophoba malaina
M
Ephysteris longicornis
M
GELECHIOIDEA
Gelechiidae
got
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got
Palintropa peregrina
A
Pectinophora gossypiella
0
Phthorimaea operulella
0
Pitycona attenuata
M
Stoeberhinus testaceus
5
GELECHIOIDEA
Momphidae

 

got

 

Batrachedra monophthalma
A
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae

 

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Anisodes brevispiralis
Anisodes dicolorata
0
Anisodes niveopuncta
T
Anisodes samoana
0
Anisodes sp.
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
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Bosara montana
0
Chloroclystis ambundata
M
Chloroclystis coloptila
M
Chloroclystis lepta
0
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
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Chloroclystis pitoi
A
Chloroclystis torninubis
M
Chloroclystis sp. 1
0
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
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Cleora albipuncta
0
Cleora caliginosa
0
Cleora collenettei
M
Cleora dodonaeae
A
Cleora esoterica
M
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
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Cleora leucostigma
M
Cleora licornaria
0
Cleora longipectina
0
Cleora myrmidonaria
0
Cleora nitidula
0
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
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Cleora stenoglypta
A
Cleora sp. 1
0
Cleora sp. 2
0
Cleora sp. 3
0
Cleora sp. 4
0
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
Cleora sp. 5
0
Cleora sp. 6
0
Cleora sp. 7
0
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
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Gymnoscelis concinna
0
Gymnoscelis erymna
0
Gymnoscelis imparatalis
0
Gymnoscelis mooreaensis
0
Gymnoscelis tristrigosa
0
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
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Gymnoscelis sp. 1
0
Pasiphilodes triphita
0
Scopula menytes
M
Scopula oxystoma
M
Scopula tahitiensis
0
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
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Scopula tersicallis
M
Thalassodes microchloropis
0
Thalassodes pilaria
0
GEOMETROIDEA
Geometridae
Geometrid sp. 1
0
Geometrid sp. 2
0
Geometrid sp. 3
0
Geometrid sp. 4
0
Geometrid sp. 5
0
GRACILARIOIDEA
Gracilariidae
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Caloptilia deltanthes
1
Caloptilia hilaropis
A
Caloptilia insidia
M
Epicephala spinula
1
Gracilaria verina
A
GRACILARIOIDEA
Gracilariidae
Macarostola pontificalis
A
undetermined sp.
0
undetermined sp.
0
undetermined sp.
0
HYBLAEOIDEA
Hyblaeidae
Hyblaea puera
0
IMMOIDEA
Immidae
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Imma assita
M
Imma catapsesta
M
Imma chloroplintha
0
Imma feaniensis
M
Imma fulminatrix
M
IMMOIDEA
Immidae
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Imma gloriana
M
Imma heppneri
M
Imma impariseta
M
Imma ochrilactea
M
Imma oxypselia
0
IMMOIDEA
Immidae
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Imma philomena
M
Imma rotia
M
Imma semiclara
M
Imma sp.
2
NOCTUOIDEA
Arctiidae

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Argina cribraria
0
Lambula erema
M
Utetheisa ornatrix
M
Utetheisa pulchelloides
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Acanthodelta marquesanus
M
Achaea janata
0
Aedia sericea
0
Agrotis ipsilon
0
Amyna natalis
A
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae

 

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Amyna octo
0
Anigraea ochrobasis
0
Anomis flava flava
0
Anomis involuta
0
Anomis marauensis
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Anomis sabulifera
H
Anticarsia irrorata
0
Avatha discolor
0
Bastilla insularum
0
Bastilla tahitiensis
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Callopistria alticola
0
Callopistria maillardi
0
Callopistria ouria nannodes
M
Callopistria ouria ouria
M
Callopistria reticulata
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Callopistria steevei
0
Chasmina tibialis
0
Chrysodeixis chalcites
0
Chrysodeixis collardi
0
Chrysodeixis copiaria
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Chrysodeixis eriosoma
0
Condica conducta
P
Condica hollowayi
0
Condica illecta
0
Condica serva
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Ctenoplusia albostriata
A
Dysgonia insularum
0
Dys. solomonensis tahitiensis
0
Eublemma crassiuscula
0
Eublemma rivula
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Euplexia vetula
A
Fautaua diagonalis
0
Fauataua innupta
0
Fautaua minor
0
Grammodes oculicola
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Helicoverpa assulta
0
Hydrillodes crispipalpus
0
Hydrillodes epidela
0
Hydrillodes melanozona
A
Hydrillodes sechani
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Hypena cracens
0
Hypena fulvifasciata
0
Hypena longfieldae
0
Hypena perexilis
0
Hypena santigeorgii
M
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Hypena walkeri
0
Leucocosmia nonagrica
0
Luceria oculalis
0
Maliattha ritsemae
0
Mocis frugalis
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Mocis trifasciata
0
Mythimna loreyi
0
Mythimna mouai
0
Peridroma saucia
0
Polydesma boarmoides
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae

 

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Polydesma umbricola
0
Savoca divitalis
0
Serrodes campana
0
Simplicia caeneusalis
0
Spodoptera exempta
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Spodoptera exigua
0
Spodoptera litura
0
Spodoptera mauritia
0
Targalla delatrix
0
Thyas coronata
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Noctuidae
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Tiracola plagiata
0
Trichoplusia collardi
0
Hypena sp.
0
Ophiusa coronata
0
Penicillaria jocosatrix
0
NOCTUOIDEA
Nolidae
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Earias vittella
0
Nola insularum
0
PAPILIONOIDEA
       

 

 

 

 

sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Aethaloessa calidalis tiphalis
0
Aethaloessa floridalis
0
Archernis fulvalis
0
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Bradina emphasis
M
Bradina eremica
M
Bradina fidelia
M
Bradina perlucidalis
M
Bradina stricta
M
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Bradina tormentifera
M
Calamochorus thermochra
0
Cangetta eschantia
M
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Chrysophyllis lucivaga
M
Cnaphalocrocis hemicrossa
0
Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis
0
Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis
0
Culladia cuneiferellus
M
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Diaphania indica
0
Diasemiopsis ramburialis
0
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Eudonia achlya
M
Eudonia apostactis
M
Eudonia ara
M
Eudonia chrysomicta
M
Eudonia chrysopetra
0
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
Eudonia citrocosma
M
Eudonia clavula
M
Eudonia clerica
M
Eudonia dupla
M
Eudonia exterminata
A
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Eudonia munroei
M
Eudonia officialis
M
Eudonia opostactis
M
Eudonia philorphna
0
Eudonia psednopa
A
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
Eudonia spectacularis
M
Eudonia tivira
A
Eudonia sp.
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis
A
Glyphodes eudoxia
A
Glyphodes multilinealis
0
Glyphodes phormingopa
M
Glyphodes psammocyma
0
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae

 

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Glyphodes uranoptris
0
Hellula undalis
0
Herpetogramma cleoropa
M
Herpetrogramma licarsisalis
0
Herpetrogramma phthorosticta
M
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae

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Hyalobathra variabilis
A
Hydriris ornatalis
0
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Idioblasta acleropa
M
Idioblasta acrogramma
M
Idioblasta amydrsosoma
M
Idioblasta isoterma
M
Idioblasta lacteata
M
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Idioblasta linearis
M
Idioblasta procellaris
M
Idioblasta stenogramma
M
Idioblasta straminata
M
Idioblasta transversata
M
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
Lathroteles obscura
A
Marasmianympha eupselias
0
Maruca vitrata
0
Metasia chionostigma
A
Metasia empelioptera
A
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Omiodes diemenalis
0
Paratalanta aureolalis
0
Piletocera signiferalis
0
Piletocera signiferalis isola
A
Prophantis octoguttalis
0
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Psara jasiusalis
M
Psara orphnopeza
M
Pythagoraea categorica
0
Spoladea recurvalis
0
Stemorrhages euthalassa
0
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
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Sufetula hemiophthalma
0
Tatobotys biannulalis
0
Tatobotys vibrata
M
Tessema sensilis
M
Tirsa fiona
A
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
Uresiphita polyg. ochrocrossa
A
PYRALOIDEA
Crambidae
sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
PYRALOIDEA
Pyralidae
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Achroia grisella
0
Acrobasis ptilophanes
0
Assara decipula
M
Assara halmophila
0
Cadra cautella
0
PYRALOIDEA
Pyralidae
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Cryptoblabes ardescens
0
Ctenomeristis ochrodepta
M
Delcina diaspora
M
Endotricha mesenterialis
0
Endotricha mes. obscura
P
PYRALOIDEA
Pyralidae

Ernophthora aphanoptera
M
Ernophthora chrysura
M
Ernophthora denticornis
M
Ernophthora dryinandra
M
Ernophthora iospila
M
PYRALOIDEA
Pyralidae

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Ernophthora lechriogramma
M
Ernophthora maculicostella
M
Ernophthora palassoptera
M
Etiella grisea drososcia
0
Eucampyla inexplorata
0
PYRALOIDEA
Pyralidae
no image
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Orthopygia repetita
0
Phycita orthoclina
M
Pyralis pictalis
M
Pyralis sp.
E
Zamagiria exedra
M
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae
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Clepticodes clasmatics
M
Comodica coarctata
A
Comodica signata
M
Crypsithyrodes concolorella
M
Dryadaula terpsichorella
A
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae

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Erechthias aspera
M
Erechthias celestra
M
Erechthias cirrhogramma
A
Erechthias clistopa
M
Erechthias coleosema
M
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae

no image
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Erechthias coprosoma
A
Erechthias flavistriata
0
Erechthias incongrua
M
Erechthias melanospila
A
Erechthias minusclua
0
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae

no image
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Erechthias pagophila
A
Erechthias pandani
A
Erechthias pelotricha
0
Erechthias penicillata
M
Erechthias percnomicta
M
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae

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Erechthias phaeoptera
A
Erechthias physocapna
M
Erechthias praedatrix
0
Erechthias psammaula
0
Erechthias rufimacula
M
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae
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Erechthias simulans
0
Erechthias sphenacma
A
Erechthias strangulata
T
Erechthias tritogramma
M
Erechthias zebrina
0
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae
Erechthias sp.
H
Monopis crocicapitella
0
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae

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Opogona allaini
A
Opogona aurisquamosa
0
Opogona discordia
0
Opogona regressa
0
Opogona trissostacta
M
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae
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Opogona sp.
H
Petula phalarata
A
Phereoeca allutella
M
Pisitrata trypheropa
0
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae
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Praeacedes atomosella
0
Setomorpha rutella
0
Tinea monospila
0
Tinea oxymora
M
Trachycentra calamias
0
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae

Trichophaga mormopis
M
Wyoma dysgnoia
M
TINEOIDEA
Tineidae
sp.
0

sp.

0
sp.
sp.
sp.
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
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Bactra optanias
0
Crocidosema plebejana
0
Cryptophlebia pallifimbriana
3
Cryptophlebia rhynchias
0
Cydia pseudomalesana
1
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
Dichelopa amorpha
M
Dichelopa anthracodelta
A
Dichelopa argema
M
Dichelopa argoschista
1
Dichelopa argosphena
M
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
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Dichelopa argyrospiloides
A
Dichelopa canitia
M
Dichelopa castanopis
M
Dichelopa ceramocausta
A
Dichelopa chionogramma
M
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
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Dichelopa choleranthes
M
Dichelopa cirrhodoris
M
Dichelopa deltozancla
A
Dichelopa dendrophila
A
Dichelopa dorsata
M
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
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Dichelopa dryomorpha
M
Dichelopa exulcerata
A
Dichelopa flexura
M
Dichelopa fulvistrigata
0
Dichelopa gnoma
M
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
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Dichelopa hadrotes
M
Dichelopa harmodes
M
Dichelopa honoranda
A
Dichelopa iochorda
A
Dichelopa lupicinia
A
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
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Dichelopa meligma
M
Dichelopa messalina
A
Dichelopa myopori
A
Dichelopa ochroma
M
Dichelopa orthiostyla
M
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
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Dichelopa pachydmeta
M
Dichelopa paragnoma
M
Dichelopa peropaca
M
D. phalaranthes aporrhegma
M
D. phalranthes phalaranthes
M
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
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Dichelopa platyxantha
M
Dichelopa porphyrophanes
M
Dichelopa praestrigata
M
Dichelopa pulcheria
A
Dichelopa pyrsogramma
M
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
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Dichelopa rhodographa
A
Dichelopa sericopis
A
Dichelopa vaccinii
A
Dichelopa zona
M
Dichelopa sp.
M
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
Strepsicrates sp.
0
sp.
0
TORTRICOIDEA
Tortricidae
sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
sp.
0
YPONOMEUTOIDEA
Heliodinidae
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got
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Lissocnemitis argolyca
0
Stathmopoda argyrosticha
A
Stathmopoda percnophthalma
A
Stathmopoda perfuga
A
YPONOMEUTOIDEA
Plutellidae

 

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Plutella xylostella
0
YPONOMEUTOIDEA
Yponomeutidae
Eftichia chrysoleuca
M
Prays ignota
M
Pseudorinympha laeta
A
A
0
YPONOMEUTOIDEA
Yponomeutidae
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Terthroptera astochia
M
Terthroptera eremosesia
A
Zelleria leucostrota
0
Unidentified families
"little red"

Peter Oboyski (last updated August 2009)