Moths (Lepidoptera)

Add a sighting Subscribe View significant View unverified

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

Moderators

MichaelMulvaney

donhe

ibaird

KimPullen

SuziBond

HarveyPerkins

KimberiRP

GlennCocking

Amata

WendyEM

DiBickers

JulieMorgan

canberrabutterflies

become a moderator

Discussion

ibaird wrote:

9 min ago

I'm not sure this matches A. tetraploa- too much white on the head?

Unverified Curved-horn moth (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)

ibaird wrote:

1 hr ago

Nadgee NR - a special place to visit! I first visited in 1967, then later in the mid 1980s.

Lichenaula melanoleuca

WendyEM wrote:

6 hrs ago

Looks quite like G. acedesta in Caterpillars, Moths and their Plants of southeastern Australia by Peter McQuillan et al
but it is probably not that species.
Also similar to 1st instars of Pararguda dasymalla in Moths of Victoria Part 1 CD by Peter Marriott

Lasiocampidae (family) IMMATURE

WendyEM wrote:

9 hrs ago

I think so but I am wondering if it is the 'lesser stick' one. It is attached at one end with the frilly bad look that the feeding end has. I have no experience of 'lesser stick' case moth so don't know how they appear.

Trigonocyttara clandestina

WendyEM wrote:

9 hrs ago

who knows

Geometridae (family) IMMATURE