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:

49 min ago

That sounds consistent with the P. formosalis being strictly from Asia, and P. being strictly from Oz, although they are superficially similar ?

Phytometra laevis

jb2602 wrote:

Yesterday

7.5 cm in length

Abantiades atripalpis

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

I suggest it might well be Taxeotis epigaea, an apparently variable species, but see:-
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104019419
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICO573-10
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICO574-10

Taxeotis (genus)

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

A female A. alralpis?

Abantiades atripalpis

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

Many thanks for those extra photos, The head on shot, photo 3, is parrticularly interesting. See contrasting photo of a male by raspycricket (ALA):-
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/a3c5047b-7679-4e2f-a841-68721446da19
Also YellowButtons
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/1ee648d6-b5fe-4d68-b39a-4257b47fb450

Abantiades atripalpis