Moths

There are several thousand species of moth in Victoria, many  not yet described and most are poorly known. Those shown here represent a small proportion of total species abundance in this forest. The images in the gallery below are in no particular order (yet) and the gallery doesn’t contain examples of all species illustrated in the blog. Search for ‘Moth’, at right, for a list of posts about mothing.

Gastrophora henricaria

Sceliodes cordalis

Anthela ?acuta/repleta

Dasypodia selenophora

Rhapsa suscitatalis

?Oenochroma sp. Geometridae- Oenochrominae

Coprosma Hawk Moth (Hippotion scrofa)

Coprosma Hawk Moth (Hippotion scrofa)

?Chlorocoma sp.

Brown Cutworm Moth (Agrotis munda)

Bogong Moth (Agrotis infusa)

Green Blotched Moth (Cosmodes elegans)

Utetheisa pulchelloides

?Tigrioides alterna

Melanodes anthracitaria

Emerald moth, ?Parsinocyma

Tree Lucern Moth (Uresiphita ornithopteralis)

Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta, Noctuoidea 31.12.12

Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta, Noctuoidea 31.12.12.

Didymoctenia exsuperata, Sub-family: Ennominae, Family: Geometridae (Steve Williams)

Chloroclystis approximata? (Steve Williams)

Crimson Tiger Moth, Spilosoma curvata

Crimson Tiger Moth, Spilosoma curvata

Crimson Tiger Moth, Spilosoma curvata

Crimson Tiger Moth, Spilosoma curvata

Scoliacma bicolora (female), Fam. Arctiidae.

Scoliacma bicolora (female), Fam. Arctiidae.

Melanodes anthracitaria

Brown Cutworm Moth

Scopula rubraria

Doratifera quadriguttata (most likely), Four Spotted Cup Moth, Family: Limacodidae. Possibly D. casta.

Geometridae, Larentiinae? 31.12.12

Same individual as 3335, Idaea halmaea (ID Steve Williams)

Familiy Geometridae Subfamily Sterrhinae Species Idaea sp?

Minute detail.

Anthela ?acuta/repleta

Philobota impletella

Moths (Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis?) on Firewheel Groundsel

Nola phaeogramma

Chrysolarentia severata Finely-lined Carpet

as per 5395

Heliotrope Moth Utetheisa pulchelloides

unknown moth previously recorded.

Bracken Moth (Gynopteryx)

Swift Moth (Oxycanus dirempta)

Chloroclystis testulata

as per 5210

Limnaecia scoliosema

Proteuxoa tortisigna (ID P. Marriott)

Castulo doubledayi

Chrysolarentia vicissata (ID P. Marriott)

Leucania ?exarans (ID P. Marriott)

Leucania ?exarans (ID P. Marriott)

Antigastra catalaunalis Crambidae, Pyraustinae (ID P. Marriott)

Boisduval’s Autumn Moth (Oenosandra boisduvalii) (ID P. Marriott)

Hednota pedionoma Crambinae (ID P. Marriott)

Fam. Tortricidae

Hednota relatalis