Imagoes of Hepialidae species in Australia

Some moths of HEPIALIDAE in Australia
HEPIALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

HEPIALIDAE

eggs

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caterpillars

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pupae

HEPIALIDAE

females

HEPIALIDAE

undersides

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forewings

female

forewings

Note that many HEPIALIDAE species are dimorphic, and the males and females look very different. In these cases, here the males are shown:-

*Abantiades albofasciatus*	*Abantiades aphenges*	*Abantiades argentangulum*	*Abantiades argentata*
*Abantiades argyrosticha*	*Abantiades atripalpis*	*Abantiades aurilegulus*	*Abantiades barcas*
*Abantiades barnardi*	*Abantiades centralia*	*Abantiades cephalocorvus*	*Abantiades fulvomarginatus*
*Abantiades furva*	*Abantiades hutchinsoni*	*Abantiades hyalinatus*	*Abantiades hydrographus*
*Abantiades karnka*	*Abantiades kayi*	*Abantiades kristenseni*	*Abantiades labyrinthicus*
*Abantiades latipennis*	*Abantiades leucochiton*	*Abantiades lineacurva*	*Abantiades macropusinsulariae*
*Abantiades magnificus*	*Abantiades marcidus*	*Abantiades moesta*	*Abantiades neglecta*
*Abantiades obscura*	*Abantiades ocellatus*	*Abantiades pallida*	*Abantiades paradoxa*
*Abantiades penneshawensis*	*Abantiades pica*	*Abantiades rubrus*	*Abantiades sericatus*
*Abantiades tembyi*	*Abantiades zonatriticum*	*Aenetus astathes*	*Aenetus blackburnii*
*Aenetus djernaesae*	*Aenetus dulcis*	*Aenetus edwardsi*	*Aenetus eximia*
*Aenetus lewinii*	*Aenetus ligniveren*	*Aenetus maiasinus*	*Aenetus mirabilis*
*Aenetus montanus*	*Aenetus moorei*	*Aenetus ombraloma*	*Aenetus ramsayi*
*Aenetus scotti*	*Aenetus scripta*	*Aenetus simonseni*	*Aenetus splendens*
*Aenetus thermistis*	*Aenetus trigonogrammus*	*Elhamma australasiae*	*Fraus basidispina*
*Fraus crocea*	*Fraus extremapodus*	*Fraus fusca*	*Fraus griseomaculata*
*Fraus latistria*	*Fraus linogyna*	*Fraus marginispina*	*Fraus nanus*
*Fraus polyspila*	*Fraus pteromela*	*Fraus simulans*	*Fraus tedi*
*Jeana delicatula*	*Jeana robiginosa*	*Oncopera alboguttata*	*Oncopera alpina*
*Oncopera brachyphylla*	*Oncopera brunneata*	*Oncopera fasciculatus*	*Oncopera intricata*
*Oncopera intricoides*	*Oncopera mitocera*	*Oncopera parva*	*Oncopera rufobrunnea*
*Oxycanus aedesima*	*Oxycanus antipoda*	*Oxycanus armatus*	*Oxycanus aurifex*
*Oxycanus australis*	*Oxycanus ballux*	*Oxycanus barnardi*	*Oxycanus beltista*
*Oxycanus buluwandji*	*Oxycanus carus*	*Oxycanus determinata*	*Oxycanus dirempta*
*Oxycanus ephemerous*	*Oxycanus flavoplumosus*	*Oxycanus gelidus*	*Oxycanus glauerti*
*Oxycanus goldfinchi*	*Oxycanus goodingi*	*Oxycanus herdus*	*Oxycanus hamatus*
*Oxycanus hildae*	*Oxycanus janeus*	*Oxycanus loesus*	*Oxycanus lyelli*
*Oxycanus naias*	*Oxycanus niphadias*	*Oxycanus nuptialis*	*Oxycanus occidentalis*
*Oxycanus oreades*	*Oxycanus perditus*	*Oxycanus petalous*	*Oxycanus promiscuus*
*Oxycanus rosaceus*	*Oxycanus rufescens*	*Oxycanus silvanus*	*Oxycanus sirpus*
*Oxycanus sphragidias*	*Oxycanus stellans*	*Oxycanus subvaria*	*Oxycanus waterhousei*

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(written 12 August 2020, updated 30 March 2025)