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

Leucania abdominalis (Leucania abdominalis)

Leucania dasycnema (Southern Noctuid)

Leucania diatrecta (A Noctuid moth)

Leucania exarans (Hadeninae)

Leucania leucosta (A Noctuid moth (Hadeninae))

Leucania melanopasta (A Noctuid moth (Hadeninae))

Leucania obumbrata (Lesser Armyworm)

Leucania obusta (Robust Armyworm)

Leucania stenographa (Sugar Cane Armyworm)

Leucania uda (A Noctuid moth)

Leuroperna sera (A Plutellid moth)

Lichenaula (genus)

Lichenaula appropinquans (A Xylorictid moth)

Lichenaula arisema (A Xyloryctine moth)

Lichenaula calligrapha (A curved-horn moth)

Lichenaula choriodes (Xyloryctidae)

Lichenaula comparella (Double Cross Moth)

Lichenaula lichenea (Lichenaula lichenea)

Lichenaula onychodes (A Xyloryctid moth)

Lichenaula onychotypa (Lichenaula onychotypa)

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