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:

Yesterday

it is not Athetis tenuis. I have not found an alternative ID yet.

Athetis tenuis

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

several Amata sp have white antennae tips, but the markings also match with this sp.

Amata nigriceps

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

White tips on the antennae,

Amata nigriceps

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

In E. australasiae the females are larger than the males and plainer looking. I think this is probably a female.

Elhamma australasiae

ibaird wrote:

6 Mar 2026

Not sure which named Fraus (genus) species would best fit.
Perhaps Fraus marginospina although that species seems to be a dry country species (eg. SA, western Victoria)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/522870-Fraus-marginispina
F. orientalis (Eastern Fraus) has a more eastern range better suiting where this record was made.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1072359-Fraus-orientalis
There is brown stripiing which would correspond roughly to F. orientalis.

Fraus (genus)