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

Conogethes pluto (Alpinia Stem-borer (Spilomelinae))

Cosmopterix macrula (Gold-saddled Cosmopterix)

Cruria sp. (genus) (Crow)

Cymatophora aspera (Varied Geometrid)

Damias (genus) (A Tiger moth (Lithosiini))

Dichomeris ochreoviridella (A Gelechioid moth (Dichomeridinae)

Discophlebia lipauges (Oenosandridae)

Earias paralella (Three-barred Earis)

Ebulea perflavalis (Pyraustinae)

Epiphyas fabricata (Tortricinae)

Epyaxa agelasta (Coastal Epyaxa)

Erechthias diaphora (A Tineid moth (Erechthiinae)

Eremochroa alphitias (Pale X-o Moth)

Etiella (genus) (A Pyralid moth (Phycitinae)

Eublemma pectorora (Boletobiinae)

Euchaetis parthenopa (Wingia Group)

Eulechria xuthophylla (A Concealer moth (Eulechria group))

Euphiltra celeteria (A Concelater moth (Wingia group)

Fraus polyspila (Chequered Fraus)

Glyphipterix meteora (A Sedge Moth)

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