Australian Moths Online is now available on the Atlas of Living Australia, providing reliably identified images of selected Australian moths.
Australian Moths Online provides images of Australian moths that have been reliably identified by CSIRO. Its purpose is to:
Mallee moths are part of the family Oecophoridae and are closely connected to eucalypt forests and woodlands.
Mallee moths are part of the family Oecophoridae and are closely connected to eucalypt forests and woodlands.
Australia has around 22 000 species of moths. Around half of these have been scientifically named. Australian Moths Online does not include images of all described species and deliberately excludes species that have not been described.
Please keep in mind that reliably identified images are a valuable tool for identifying specimens, but a simple comparison with images has its limitations and can’t replace professional identification based on a detailed morphological examination and comparison with a reference collection.
The images on Australian Moths Online are searchable and are grouped into family albums, which are arranged in alphabetical order and can also be viewed as slideshows. Subfamily albums are also arranged in alphabetical order within their families.
Within each family and subfamily album, species albums are arranged alphabetically, based on the combination of genus and species name. A species album may contain several images if the species is variable, such as sexually dimorphic or if both its upper and under-side markings are particularly informative.
Image captions include genus and species name, author, year of publication, family, sex, locality, date, collector and collection.
Moths regarded as pests in Australia can be found by running a search on ‘pest'. A list of images, names and data for each pest species on the site will appear. Clicking on the image will provide an expanded image to accompany the data.
Relatively little has been published on Australian moths, aside from original descriptions of specimens (which are often incomplete) and scientific studies on selected groups. However, we can recommended the following:
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