Moths (Lepidoptera)

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:

57 min ago

ok: I see a triagular knob on the 'tail', so which genera feed on Wattle?

Lasiocampidae (family) immature

ibaird wrote:

4 hrs ago

I understood our policy on NatureMapr (Moths) as we I believe we agreed to is to follow the AFD.
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Agriophara
However, if there is a consensus amongst moth moderators to place ttem in the subfamily Stenomatinae of Oecophoridae than well and good and I am happy to facilitate that, but I first would change the 'A Depressarid moth to 'A Concealer moth' before doing so. I have merged the former two groups of Agriophara (genus) in to one.
PS. I note that the authors of Moths in the ACT say calling Stenomatinae a full family (ie Stenomatidae) and therefore placing it within the superfamily Gelechioidea "is perhaps the least confusing course to take at present", see p. 99.

Agriophara (genus)

PJH123 wrote:

9 hrs ago

Pisara was an older name which iNats now use as well but I can find no references to the change. iNat gives the date they changed it but no explanation.

Nola hyalospila

Zeffie wrote:

11 hrs ago

Awesome, thank you :)

Elhamma australasiae

WendyEM wrote:

11 hrs ago

male
ID HINT - look at other recent moth observations for similar looking fellas

Elhamma australasiae