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

Miscera homotona (A Little Bear moth (family Brachodidae))

Miscera lygropis (Brachodidae)

Mixocera latilineata (Side-lined Emerald)

Mixochroa gratiosata (A geometerid moth)

Mnesampela comarcha (Dry-leaf Gum Moth)

Mnesampela heliochrysa (Golden-winged Gum Moth)

Mnesampela lenaea (Rippled Gum Moth)

Mnesampela privata (Autumn Gum Moth)

Underside

Larvae

Mnesiloba eupitheciata (Montane Carpet)

Mochlotona phasmatias (Draped Geometrid)

Mocis trifasciata (An Erebid moth (Erebinae))

Moerarchis australasiella (A Tineid moth (Myrmecozelinae)

Moerarchis inconcisella (A tineid moth)

Monobolodes subfalcata (A Swallowtail moth (Uraniidae)

Monoctenia falernaria (Patched Leaf Moth)

Male

Male underside

Monoctenia smerintharia (Dark Leaf Moth)

Male

Female

Underside female

Monoctenia sp. (Monoctenia sp.)

Monopis (genus) (A Tineid moth)

ALA Image

Monopis argillacea (A Clothes moth (Tineidae))

Monopis chrysogramma (A Scat moth (Tineinae))

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