Neil Hewett
Cooper Creek Wilderness
Daintree
North Queensland

0 : length 10cms,
probably Anthela canescens
ANTHELIDAE.
1 : wingspan 13 cms,
Lyssa macleayi,
URANIIDAE.
2 : Phyllodes imperialis,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
3 : Phyllodes imperialis,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
4 : Fruit Piercing Moths including
2 x Phyllodes imperialis,
and half a Khadira aurantia,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
5 : Phyllodes imperialis,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
6 : Chaetocneme porphyropis,
HESPERIIDAE.
7 : Urapteroides astheniata,
URANIIDAE.
8 : Eudocima aurantia,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
9 : Coscinocera hercules,
SATURNIDAE.
10 : probably Ischyja neocherina,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIIDAE.
11 : wingspan about 6.5 cms
possibly Hulodes caranea,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
12 : wingspan about 6.5 cms
possibly Hulodes caranea,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
13 : Delias mysis,
PIERIDAE.
14 : back end of an Eudocima aurantia,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
15 : female
Papilio aegeus,
PAPILIONIDAE.
16 : Eudesmeola lawsoni,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE
showing wing damage typical of a bird attack.
17 : male
Eudocima iridescens,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
18 : Angonyx papuana,
SPHINGIDAE.
19 : Cydalima laticostalis,
PYRAUSTINAE , CRAMBIDAE.
20 : Eudesmeola lawsoni,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
21 : moth, wingspan about 8 cms.
22 : wingspan about 5 cms
Pachythrix hampsoni,
AMPHIPYRINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
23 : moth
wingspan about 3 cms.
24 : caterpillar, length about 8 cms
probably on Thunbergia vine,
( ACANTHACEAE ).
25 : moth
Pleuroptya species,
PYRAUSTINAE , PYRALIDAE.
26 : Ischyja neocherina,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
27 : Serrodes campana,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE.
28 : Eumelea rosalia
OENOCHROMINAE , GEOMETRIDAE.
29 : probably Syntherata janetta,
SATURNIIDAE.
30 : caterpillar.
31 : immature caterpillars of
Mynes geoffroyi,
NYMPHALIDAE.
32 : mature caterpillar of
Mynes geoffroyi,
NYMPHALIDAE.
33 : caterpillar.
34 : moth, just emerged from the pupa,
still expanding its wings,
perhaps Lymantria pelospila
LYMANTRIIDAE.
35 : moth,
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE
36 : case moth larva
37 : Phyllodes imperialis

updated 9 May 2010
Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )