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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Discussion

donhe wrote:
Yesterday
or maybe Lithosiini ?

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
WendyEM wrote:
Yesterday
I am not sure this is Margarosticha sphenotis which has strong white stripes from the wing base to the white band across the wing.

Margarosticha (genus)
WendyEM wrote:
Yesterday
Behaviour and appearance looks rather like Epicoma sp or a close relative.

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
ibaird wrote:
28 Jun 2025
Male, I think,

Musotima ochropteralis
PJH123 wrote:
28 Jun 2025
@WendyEM See Peter MavKey's Review of the Australian species of Arctornis Germar, 1810 (Lepidoptera:Erebidae:Lymantriinae),
Australian Entomologist, Volume 43, Part 4 (2016), pp. 174-177.

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/312798#page/3/mode/1up

Arctornis (genus)
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