Edward Meyrick was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Metacrias is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. All species are endemic to New Zealand.
Thema protogramma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1884 and is endemic to Australia. Adults are variable in appearance, but the palpi are distinctive, having a fringe of long hairs underneath that is even in length throughout.
Heliomystis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Heliomystis electrica, the electric moth, is found in the southern half of Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.
Zelleria cynetica is a species of moth in the family Yponomeutidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1893 and can be found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, and Tasmania.
Coscinoptycha improbana, the Australian guava moth, is a moth of the family Carposinidae and only member of the genus Coscinoptycha. It is native to Australia, where it is found from Eungella in Queensland down through New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. It also occurs on Norfolk Island and has been recorded from New Zealand since 1997. The presence of this species has also been detected in New Caledonia in 2012.
Pseliastis is genus of moths in the family Heliozelidae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. Three species are currently described, all endemic to Australia.
Mesoptila compsodes is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1891. It is found in Australia. Mesoptila compsodes is the type species of the genus Mesoptila.
Chloroclystis alpnista is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (Queensland). Subspecies eupora was described from Bali.
Chloroclystis approximata, the cherry looper moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is found in Australia.
Chloroclystis elaeopa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1908. It is found in Queensland, Australia.
Chloroclystis plinthochyta is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Turner in 1931. It is endemic to Australia (Queensland).
Chloroclystis athaumasta is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Turner in 1908. It is found in Australia (Queensland).
Chloroclystis celidota is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Turner in 1931. It is found in Australia (Queensland) and on Dunk Island.
Chloroclystis perissa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Turner in 1908. It is found in Australia (Queensland).
Chloroclystis pauxillula is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (Queensland).
Ardozyga stratifera, the striped ardozyga moth, is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded form New South Wales, Western Australia, and Victoria.
Megacraspedus pityritis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
Heosphora is a genus of moths in the family Pyralidae. The genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. The type species is Anerastia psamathella Meyrick, 1879, designated as such by George Hampson in 1901. All Heosphora species are found in Australia.
