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

Ophiusa discriminans

Ophiusa disjungens (Guava Moth)

Ophiusa parcemacula (Figure Eight Moth)

Ophyx ochroptera (Catocalini)

Opodiphthera (genus) (A gum moth)

Opodiphthera eucalypti (Emperor Gum Moth)

Opodiphthera helena (Helena Gum Moth)

Opodiphthera loranthi (Opodiphthera loranthi)

Opogona (genus) (A fungus moth)

Opogona cleonyma (A Tineid moth (Hieroxestinae)

Opogona comptella (A fungus moth)

Opogona protodoxa (A Clothes moth (Tineidae))

Opogona stenocraspeda (Tineidae)

Opogona stereodyta (Tineid moth)

Opostega (genus) (A White Eyecap moth ( Opostegidae))

Opostegidae (Undescribed genus) (An Eye-capped Moth (Opostegidae)

Opsirhina albigutta (Opsirhina albigutta)

Opsirhina alphaea (Other moths (Lasiocampidae))

Opsirhina lechriodes (Opsirhina lechriodes)

Opsitycha squalidella (Barea Group)

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