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

Calamotropha delatalis (a Crambid moth (Crambinae))

Calamotropha sp. ANIC2 (Crambinae)

Calathusa allopis (Patched Calathusa)

Calathusa basicunea (Eastern Calathusa)

Calathusa eremna (Calathusa eremna)

Calathusa hypotherma (Calathusa hypotherma)

Calathusa ischnodes (An Erebid moth)

Calathusa mesospila (Spotted Calathusa)

Calathusa sp nr dispila

Calathusa sp. (Calathusa sp.)

Calathusa thermosticha (Hypeninae)

Callionyma sarcodes (A Galleriinae moth)

Calliteara (genus) (A Tussock Moth (Lymantriinae))

Calliteara pura (Calliteara pura)

Callithauma callianthes (A concealer moth)

Callizyga dispar (Hypertrophidae)

Callopistria rivularis (Coastal Fern Moth)

Caloptilia azaleella (Azalea Leafminer)

Calyptra minuticornis (Vampire Moth)

Camptomastix hisbonalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

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