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

Pedois cosmopoda (Pedois cosmopoda)

Pedois humerana (A Gelechioid moth)

Pedois lewinella (Pedois lewinella)

Peraglyphis (genus) (A tortrix or leafroller moth)

Periphoeba trepida (A Tortricid moth)

Periscepta polysticta (Spotted Day Moth)

Peritropha oligodrachma (A twig moth)

Pernattia pusilla (She-Oak Moth)

Male

Female

Persectania (genus) (A Noctuid moth)

Persectania dyscrita (Inland Armyworm)

Persectania ewingii (Southern Armyworm)

Persicoptera aglaopa (A Pyralid Moth)

Persicoptera compsopa (A Pyralid moth (Pyralinae))

Perthida sp. (genus) (A Leaf Miner)

Petalanthes hexastera

Phalaenoides glycinae (Grapevine Moth)

Underside

Larva

Phalaenoides tristifica (Willow-herb Day-moth)

Phallaria ophiusaria (Large Leaf Moth)

Phanomorpha dapsilis (A Crambid moth)

Phaos aglaophara (Alpine Tiger Moth)

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