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:

13 min ago

Might be A. thysogona - apparently the only Anisogona (genus) species (on the Bold Hobern evidence) which lacks the convex costa and convex forewing outer margins. The first image here shows a very concave costa also evident in the second image.. I'm not sure

Anisogona thysanoma

ibaird wrote:

43 min ago

https://moths.csiro.au/orthospila-orissusalis-walker-1859/

Unverified Pyralid or Snout Moth (Pyralidae & Crambidae)

ibaird wrote:

1 hr ago

On a second thpughts. I agree this is not. M. ursina, but I'm not sure it is E postvittana either notwithstanding E. postvittana is apparently highly variable in appeareance This moth is very broad across the forewings and seems to have markiings at the base of the forewing which M. postvittana lacks. A different species in the Epiphyas (genus)?

Epiphyas postvittana

WendyEM wrote:

8 hrs ago

https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICU995-11

Anisogona thysanoma

WendyEM wrote:

8 hrs ago

the profile shot is interesting. I always considered them to be very flat.

Bondia nigella