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

Myriostephes matura

Myrtartona coronias (A Forester moth (Procidinae))

Mythimna (Pseudaletia) convecta (Common Armyworm)

Mythimna consanguis (Patched Armyworm)

Nacoleia alincia (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Nacoleia amphicedalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Nacoleia mesochlora (Pied Crambid)

Male

Underside (male)

Nacoleia rhoeoalis (Spilomelinae)

Underside

Nanaguna clopaea (a Sarrothripinae moth)

Nataxa flavescens (Nataxa Moth)

FEMALE

MALE

Nearcha (genus) (An Oenochromine moth)

Nearcha aridaria (An Oenochromine moth)

Nearcha benecristata (Oenochrominae)

Nearcha curtaria (Nearcha curtaria)

Nearcha nullata (Rounded Nearcha)

Nearcha ursaria (Common Nearcha)

Neargyria argyraspis (A Crambid moth)

Nechilo macrogona (a Crambid moth (Crambinae))

Nemophora (genus) (A Fairy Moth)

Nemophora laurella (A Fairy Moth)

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