Imago females of Australian HEPIALIDAE

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*	*Elhamma australasiae*
*Oxycanus beltista*	*Oxycanus goldfinchi*	*Oxycanus hamatus*	*Oxycanus occidentalis*