Moth Gallery
Family CRAMBIDAE
The following notes and images from this family of moths have been provided by Peter Hendry and Graham MacDonald.
Definitions:
Chaetosemata: Elevated circular patches of bristle like scales typically positioned near the compound eye and behind the antenna
Ocelli: Simple eyes, detect light but do not form an image
Palpi: Maxillary-Paired, usually segmented appendages serving as accessory jaws and assist in sensing food: Labial-Paired, usually segmented sensory appendages found on the lower lip and helping to close the mouth
Scape: The base segment of the antenna
Tympanal organ: An auditory organ, usually capable of detecting ultrasonic signals
1. Sub Family ACENTROPHINAE
Acentropinae Stephens, 1836
When James Francis Stephens described the Acentropidae (Acentropinae) he highlighted the fact the tibiae was without spurs but probably the most fascinating feature of the Acentropinae is their association with aquatic plants. Some are truly aquatic with the adult moths being observed diving into water and laying eggs under rocks. The larva of many species have external filamentous gills. They tend to be long-legged and spindly in stance.

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2. Sub Family CRAMBINAE
The French zoologist Pierre André Latreille’s description of the Crambites (Crambinae) was rather simple noting the fore-wing is longer rather than wide and forming a flattened triangle when aligned with the abdomen. The palpi are a prominent feature of the Crambinae and Ian Common in Moths of Australia described them thus “The maxillary palpi are prominent and triangularly scaled, and the labial palpi are long and porrect in both sexes”. Many of the larvae feed on species in the plant family Poaceae (Grasses).

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3. Sub Family CYBALOMIINAE

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4. Sub Family GLAPHYRIINAE

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5. Sub Family HELIOTHELINAE

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6. Sub Family MUSOTIMINAE

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7. Sub Family ODONTIINAE

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8. Sub Family PYRAUSTINAE

9. Sub Family SCHOENOBIINAE

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10. Sub Family SCOPARIINAE

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11. Sub Family SPILOMELINAE

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- All
- Agrioglypta
- Maruca
- Spoladea
- Agrotera
- Merodictya
- Sufetula
- Archernis
- Metasia
- Syllepte
- Bradina
- Nacoleia
- Talanga
- Cnaphalocrocis
- Notarcha
- Trigonobela
- Conogethes
- Omiodes
- Cotachena
- Palpita
- Diaphania
- Parotis
- Diasemiopsis
- Piletocera
- Eudaimonisma
- Pleuroptya
- Eurrhyparodes
- Poliobotys
- Glyphodes
- Prooedema
- Haritalodes
- Pycnarmon
- Herpetogramma
- Rehimena
- Scoparia
- Hydriris
- Samea
- Agathodes
- Hymenoptychis
- Sameodes
Family SATURNIDAE
These are are Australia’s largest moths.




