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

Scoliacma (genus)

Scoliacma bicolora (Red Footman)

Scoliacma nana (Diminutive Footman)

Scoliacma pactolias (Variable Footman)

Scoliacma sp. (Scoliacma sp.)

Scoparia (genus) (Unidentified Scoparia moths)

Scoparia aphrodes (Scoparia aphrodes)

ALA Image

Scoparia chiasta (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia crocospila

Scoparia emmetropis (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia exhibitalis (A Crambid moth)

Underside

Scoparia favilliferella (A Pyralid moth)

Scoparia gethosyna (A Crambid moth (Scopariini))

Scoparia ithyntis (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia meyrickii (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia objurgalis (A Crambid moth (Scopariini))

Scoparia ochrophara (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia oxygona (A Pyralid moth)

Scoparia philonephes (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia spelaea (a Crambid moth)

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