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

Clarana atristrigana (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae))

Clarana clarana (A Tortricid moth)

Clarana GROUP clarana (Clarana GROUP clarana)

Cleora (genus) (A Looper Moth)

Cleora (genus) sp. 1 MoV (A Geometer moth (Ennominae)

Cleora decisaria (Cleora decisaria)

Cleora displicata (A Cleora Bark Moth)

Cleora goldfinchi (4-spotted Bark Moth)

Cleora illustraria (A Geometer moth)

Cleora injectaria (A Cleora Bark Moth)

Cleora lacteata (A Geometrid moth (Ennominae))

Cleora repetita (Ennominae)

Clerarcha dryinopa (Xyloryctidae)

Clytoscopa iorrhoda (Acontiinae)

Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Lesser rice leaf-roller)

Coenotoca subaspersa (Rainforest Vine Day-moth)

Coequosa australasiae (Double Headed Hawk Moth)

Coequosa triangularis (Double-headed Hawk Moth)

Coeranica eritima (A Concealer moth (Wingia group)

Coeranica isabella (A Concealer moth)

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