Moths (Lepidoptera)


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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

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HelenCross wrote:
Yesterday
Ok, will do Don

Chelepteryx chalepteryx
WendyEM wrote:
Yesterday
Neuroptera, to my knowledge
- do not have spurs on their legs (shot2, 4)
- (except for dustywings - Coniopterygidae, which this is not) have translucent wings
- don't have square ended wings (shot1)
- have long 'neck' thorax with wings attached some distance from head
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&taxon_id=48763&view=species

Psychidae (family) MATURE
WendyEM wrote:
Yesterday
Zeuzera quieta
https://portal.boldsystems.org/bin/BOLD:AAO3534
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=1362695&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744

Zeuzera quieta
donhe wrote:
Yesterday
I don't see the dorso-lateral rows of red spots. @Anna123 : can you try and rear it to get an adult moth for an ID?

Lymantriinae (subfamily)
donhe wrote:
Yesterday
I am assuming the observer made a mistake.

Oxycanus (genus)
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