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

Aristeis (genus) (A Concealer moth (Eulechria group))

Aristeis hepialella (Eulechria Group)

Armactica conchidia (Conchidia Moth)

Arotrophora arcuatalis (Banksia Boring Moth)

Arotrophora ochraceellus (Tortricid moth)

Arrade destituta (Hypeninae)

Arrade leucocosmalis (A Hypeninae moth)

Artiastis (genus) (Chezala Group)

Artiastis heliacma

Artigisa impropria (Bark Artigisa)

Artigisa melanephele (Black-clouded Snout)

Asarta fuliginosa (A Pyralid moth)

Asarta sp. (Asarta sp.)

Asarta sp. (genus) (A Snout Moth)

Asota iodamia (An Eribid moth (Aganainae))

Assara holophragma

Assara leucarma (Phycitinae)

Assara proleuca (Phycitinae)

Assara subarcuella (Phycitinae)

Asterivora (genus) (A Metalmark moth (Choreutidae))

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