Some female moths of HEPIALIDAE in Australia Ghost Moths, Swift Moths HEPIALOIDEA

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

HEPIALIDAE eggs

HEPIALIDAE caterpillars

HEPIALIDAE pupae

HEPIALIDAE moths

HEPIALIDAE undersides

HEPIALIDAE forewings

female forewings

Note that many species in HEPIALIDAE are dimorphic, and the males and females look very different. Here are females that look different from the males imaged at the main HEPIALIDAE moth page:

Abantiades albofasciatus	Abantiades aphenges	Abantiades argentangulum	Abantiades argentata
Abantiades atripalpis	Abantiades aurilegulus	Abantiades barnardi	Abantiades centralia
Abantiades fulvomarginatus	Abantiades hyalinatus	Abantiades hydrographus	Abantiades karnka
Abantiades kayi	Abantiades kristenseni	Abantiades leucochiton	Abantiades macropusinsulariae
Abantiades marcidus	Abantiades neglecta	Abantiades obscura	Abantiades ocellatus
Abantiades pallida	Abantiades paradoxa	Abantiades penneshawensis	Abantiades pica
Abantiades rubrus	Abantiades zonatriticum	Aenetus astathes	Aenetus blackburnii
Aenetus djernaesae	Aenetus dulcis	Aenetus eximia	Aenetus lewinii
Aenetus ligniveren	Aenetus mirabilis	Aenetus montanus	Aenetus moorei
Aenetus ombraloma	Aenetus ramsayi	Aenetus scotti	Aenetus scripta
Aenetus simonseni	Aenetus splendens	Aenetus thermistis	Archaeoaenetus nielseni
Elhamma australasiae	Oxycanus beltista	Oxycanus goldfinchi	Oxycanus hamatus
Oxycanus occidentalis	Oxycanus perditus	Oxycanus promiscuus	Zelotypia stacyi

male HEPIALIDAE moths

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian imagoes

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(written 30 January 2019, updated 5 April 2026)