Australia has over 10,500 species of moths, with may thousands more to be discovered, studied and named. Queensland has many moths, including some distinctive and colourful species. Check out some of those listed here.

Click on the following images to see information about the listed moths.

Donovan's Tiger Moth (Aloa marginata), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Aloa marginata (Donovan’s Tiger Moth)
Tiger Moth (Amata trigonophora), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Amata trigonophora (Tiger Moth)
Four-Spot Anthelid Moth (Anthela guenei), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Anthela guenei (Four-Spot Anthelid Moth)
Australothis rubrescens, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Australothis rubrescens (Pink Noctuid Moth)
Wattle Cup Caterpillar (Calcarifera ordinata), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Calcarifera ordinata (Wattle Cup Caterpillar)
Day Flying Hawk Moth (Cephonodes kingii) on Chinese Plumbago, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Cephonodes kingii (Day Flying Hawk Moth)
Genduara punctigera (Crexa Moth), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Genduara punctigera (Crexa Moth)
Mixocera latilineata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Mixocera latilineata
Emperor Moth (Opodiphthera loranthi), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Opodiphthera loranthi (Emperor Moth)
Parotis marginata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Parotis marginata
Case Moth (family Psychidae), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Psychidae, family (Case Moths)
Scopula innocens on Eucalypt leaf © Marc Newman
Scopula innocens

Following are some listed moths from our contributors in Queensland.

Mixocera latilineata
Mixocera latilineata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Mixocera latilineata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Mixocera latilineata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Mixocera latilineata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Lepidoptera
  • Unranked: Ditrysia
  • Superfamily: Geometroidea
  • Family: Geometridae
  • Subfamily: Geometrinae
  • Tribe: Hemitheini
  • Genus: Mixocera
  • Species: Mixocera latilineata
Parotis marginata
Parotis marginata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Parotis marginata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Parotis marginata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Parotis marginata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Lepidoptera
  • Unranked: Ditrysia
  • Superfamily: Pyraloidea
  • Family: Crambidae
  • Subfamily: Spilomelinae
  • Genus: Parotis
  • Species: Parotis marginata
Scopula innocens
Scopula innocens on Eucalypt leaf © Marc Newman
Scopula innocens on Eucalypt leaf © Marc Newman
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Lepidoptera
  • Unranked: Ditrysia
  • Superfamily: Geometroidea
  • Family: Geometridae
  • Subfamily: Sterrhinae
  • Tribe: Scopulini
  • Genus: Scopula
  • Species: Scopula innocens

This section is a work in progress… more information coming…

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Lepidoptera

Footnote & References

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