Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)


Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)

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donhe wrote:
11 Aug 2025
@TimL : hope you have her in protective custody to lay some eggs you could rear to get a male ? Could you get a leg to BOLD to get DNA to classify it ?

Hepialidae (family)
donhe wrote:
11 Aug 2025
The available photos of female Pterolocera show much smaller vestigial wings than this specimen has.
Looking at the flightless females in the various families in https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/faqs/flightless.html
I see no matches there, so I wonder if this one of the two unillustrated families there : Hepialidae and Zygaenidae.
This specimen is perhaps too big for Zygaenidae, so I suggest Hepialidae.

Hepialidae (family)
TimL wrote:
11 Aug 2025
Thanks Ian. I think the link is
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b98fc741-0a0c-425e-84c0-1a43df0bba2c#gallery

Hepialidae (family)
ibaird wrote:
11 Aug 2025
Possibly a female Pterolocera but I've found very few images to compare it with eg.:
https://bie.ala.org.a/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b98fc741-0a0c-425e-84c0-1a43df0bba2c#gallery

Hepialidae (family)
donhe wrote:
10 Aug 2025
female Pterolocera ?

Hepialidae (family)
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