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

ibaird wrote:

8 min ago

Hi Glenn, I've suggested renaming this record to Furcatrox (genus) to remove the redundancy with 'Furcatrox sp. "and all the other Furcatrox (genus) sightings on NatireMapr. However, the photo seems to be missing. Please supply it if yu have it or delete the record as you see fit. I suspect the record may also be there on the ALA already anyway?

Furcatrox (genus)

ibaird wrote:

14 min ago

Hi @GlennCocking, thanks for your sighting. The media you provided is missing or unclear. To help us verify this sighting, please provide additional media.

Furcatrox (genus)

ibaird wrote:

30 min ago

Furcatrox (genus) (A Cape moth (Diptychini)

Furcatrox (genus)

DPRees125 wrote:

51 min ago

Thank you for that, I'll look out for some more if the weather holds. First one of these I've had

Proteuxoa (genus)

ibaird wrote:

1 hr ago

Thanks for the P. adelopa suggestion. I think its a contender, more so than P. leptochroa which I looked long and hard at too, if only because the reniform mark has a slight reddish tiinge as here:-
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153309953
However, looking at the the two pages for P. adelopa for Part 9 on the supporting disc, i also note the iNaturalist examples also show a white orbicular spot towards the forewing base there and in many odf th e iNaturalist examples which seems to absent in this specimen. Also P. adelopa elsewhere apparently lacks the black 'collar' behind the head apparent here. However, I must say the black dots along the costa seem to match P. paratorna. MoV are tentatative about P. paratorna. They only have a few specimens and the type specimen is in the UK!

Proteuxoa (genus)