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

Lepidoscia confluens (A Case moth)

Lepidoscia euryptera (A case moth)

Lepidoscia heliochares (Lepidoscia heliochares)

Lepidoscia lainodes (A Case moth (Psychidae))

Lepidoscia protorna (A Case moth (Psychidae))

Lepidoscia saxosa

Lepidoscia tyrobathra (Pied Casemoth)

Lepidotarsa habrodelta (Wingia group)

Leprocosma hoplophanes (Leprocosma hoplophanes)

Leptocneria reducta (White Cedar Moth)

Leptocroca sanguinolenta (A Concealer moth)

Leptogeneia bicristata (Tufted Twirler)

Leptozestis (genus) (A Gelechioid moth (Cosmopterigidae))

Leptozestis and Trachydora (genera) (A cosmet moth)

Leptozestis harmosta (A Gelechioid moth (Cosmopterigidae))

Leptozestis peroneta (Leptozestis peroneta)

Leptozestis sp nr harmosta

Leptozestis sp. (Leptozestis sp.)

Leptozestis toreutica (Cosmopterigidae)

Leucania (genus) (A noctuid moth)

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