OECOPHORIDAE
Concealer Moth 
 
TORTRICIDAE
Leafroller
 
CASTNIIDAE
Sun Moth
 
LIMACODIDAE
Mottled Cup Moth
Black Slug Cup Moth
Four-spotted Cup Moth
Fern Cup Moth  
 
Pyralid Moths
 
GEOMETRIDAE
Bizarre Looper Moth I
 
 
Common Anthelid
 
 
NOTODONTIDAE
  
LYMANTRIIDAE
Brown Tussock Moth
Painted Pine Moth
White Tussock Moth 
 
ARCTIIDAE
Magpie Moth
Orange Spotted Tiger
AGANAIDAE
Yellow Tiger Moth
 
NOCTUIDAE
Transverse Moth
Lawn Armyworm  
Achaea Moth
 
 

                                               

Tiger Moths - Family Aganaidae

This family is very closely related with family Arctiidae and sometimes put as its sub-family.
 
 
 

 
 
Aganaidae Moth
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Asota plagiata, body length 25mm 
This moths sometime listed it as a separate family AGANAIDAE, or listed as a sub-family of ARCTIIDAE. The moths have brown forewings with veins visible in white colour, and a white spot in the middle. We took this picture on the wall outside our house in a summer night. Their larvae feed on Ficus macrophylla
 
 
Yellow Tiger Moth
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Agape chloropyga, body length 40mm                  Caterpillar length 30mm
The moth is yellow in colour with five orange spots on each forewing and some small black dots on thorax. It abdomen is yellow with black bands and a dark blue end. Their caterpillars are brown in colour with sparse hairs. They feed on Fig tree leaves. More information please visit this page.
 

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Last updated: September 21, 2004.