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

WendyEM wrote:

11 hrs ago

https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=404731
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=877374&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744

Unverified Moth (Lepidoptera)

WendyEM wrote:

12 hrs ago

".... most live P. diemeni can be recognised by the break in the transverse line" Moths of Vic Part 8 CD pages

Pantydia sparsa

WendyEM wrote:

12 hrs ago

I thought I could see the break but wasn't sure ! P. diemeni ?

Pantydia (genus)

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=283613
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=699083&place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744

Ericeia (genus)

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

Looking at the note for identifying Pantydia (genus) provided by MoV (Part 8) I don't think it matches P. canescens due to the lack of a 'post-medial line which sweeps up, away from the termen' which MoV illustrate for both sexes. The moth is not strongly marked and has an overall reddish appearance. It's faint but there appears to be a break in the main transverse line which suggests P. diemeni (MoV). MoV say a reddish appaearance is consistent with a male P. diemeni.
Pantydia diemeni (Erebinae)
Pantydia diemeni (Erebinae)

Pantydia (genus)