Moths (Lepidoptera)

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Useful references:

CSIRO's Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) - Australian Moths Online
Don Herbison-Evans web pages:
- Moths of Australia
- Australian caterpillars and their butterflies and moths

In the notes provided about individual species, semi-technical terms are sometimes used. They are briely explained below.

Labial palpi. These are paired appendages extending from the lower part of the head, on either side of the proboscis. They provide important information about the family of the moth.

Parts of a moth’s wing:

Costa: The leading edge of the wing

Inner margin: The trailing edge of the wing

Termen: The outer margin of the wing, connecting the costa to the inner margin

Apex: The leading tip of the wing, where the costa and termen meet

Tornus: The trailing corner of the wing, where the termen and inner margin meet

Cilia. Long hairy scales along an edge of the wing

Moths (Lepidoptera)

Anthelid moths (Anthelidae)

Case moths (Psychidae)

Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)

Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)

Emperor moths (Saturniidae)

Geometer moths (Geometridae)

Hawk moths (Sphingidae)

Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)

Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)

Sun moths (Castniidae)

Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)

Tiger moths (Arctiinae)

Tortricid moths (Tortricidae)

Wood moths (Cossidae)

Other moths

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Discussion

donhe wrote:

1 hr ago

OK. Your turn.

Macrobathra baliomitra

donhe wrote:

2 hrs ago

@jb2602 : interesting suggestion. Has someone reared one like this ?

Euproctis marginalis

donhe wrote:

2 hrs ago

Yes they walk up to 20 metres from their foodplant, then burrow under the soil up to 15 centimetres down. Bear in mind also that about 99% perish before reaching adulthood, due to viral, bacterial, fungal disease, or infection by wasp and fly parasitoids, or predation by birds, spiders, ants, mantids, shield bugs, assassin bugs etc.

Psilogramma casuarinae

donhe wrote:

2 hrs ago

Proteuxoa hydraecioides ?

Unidentified Moth (Lepidoptera)

donhe wrote:

3 hrs ago

I think if it was a species complex, BOLD would have noted it.

Agrotis porphyricollis