Moths (Lepidoptera)


Useful references:

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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donhe wrote:
Yesterday
See https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Rupicolana_rupicolana

Rupicolana rupicolana
HelenCross wrote:
Yesterday
Fantastic work Vanessa! With excellent help from Don

Anthela addita
donhe wrote:
Yesterday
Adult Gelechioidea have a "basally scaled haustellum" , see
CladisticsVolume 20, Issue 4 pp. 303-340
Phylogeny of the superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an exemplar approach
Lauri Kaila
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2004.00027.x?msockid=1b0c3ee21fec6d8d0c4a2a321e176c07

Noctuoidea (superfamily)
WendyEM wrote:
Yesterday
Thrincophora lignigerana
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=355069
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=18841

Thrincophora lignigerana
WendyEM wrote:
Yesterday
Epiphyas haematodes
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=892845
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=366938
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a4657956-ad47-454d-b70a-0218181f9f15#names

Lobesia (genus)
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