Moth (Lepidoptera) field guide

Useful references:

• CSIRO's Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) - Australian Moths Online
• Don Herbison-Evans web pages:
  • Moths of Australia
  • Australian caterpillars and their butterflies and moths

In the notes provided about individual species, semi-technical terms are sometimes used.  They are briely explained below.

Labial palpi.  These are paired appendages extending from the lower part of the head, on either side of the proboscis.  They provide important information about the family of the moth.

Parts of a moth’s wing:

Costa:  The leading edge of the wing

Inner margin:  The trailing edge of the wing

Termen:  The outer margin of the wing, connecting the costa to the inner margin

Apex:  The leading tip of the wing, where the costa and termen meet

Tornus:   The trailing corner of the wing, where the termen and inner margin meet

Cilia.  Long hairy scales along an edge of the wing

Isochorista panaeolana (A Tortricid moth)

Isochorista ranulana (A Tortricid moth)

Isomoralla curriculata (A Concealer moth (Philobota Group))

Isomoralla eriscota (Philobota Group)

Isomoralla gephyrota (A Concealer moth)

Isomoralla philotherma (Philobota group)

Isomoralla pyrrhoptera (A concealer moth)

Isotenes miserana (Orange Fruit Borer)

Isturgia penthearia (Delta Geometrid)

Iulactis insignis (Iulactis insignis)

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Labdia (genus) (A Curved-horn Moth)

Labdia bryomima (A Gelechioid moth (Cosmopterigidae)

Labdia chryselectra (Labdia chryselectra)

Labdia deliciosella (A Cosmet moth)

Labdia nesophora or nby species

Labdia oxysema (A Curved-horn moth)

Lactura sapotearum (A Forester or Burnet moth (Zygaenidae)

Laelia obsoleta (Tinged Tussock Moth)

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Lambula transcripta (Lambula transcripta)

Lamoria eumeces (A Pyralid moth (Galleriinae))

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