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

Camptomastix hisbonalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Canuza euspilella (A Crambid moth)

Capua (genus) (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae))

Capua dura (A Tortricid moth)

Capua intractana (A Tortricid moth)

Capusa (genus) (Wedge moth)

Capusa cuculloides (White-winged Wedge-moth)

Capusa senilis (Black-banded Wedge-moth)

Capusa sp.(genus) (A Wedge moth)

Capusa stenophara (Dusky Wedge-moth)

Cardamyla carinentalis (A Pyralid moth)

Cardamyla didymalis (Cardamyla didymalis)

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Carposina (genus) (A Fruitworm moth)

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Carposina latebrosa (A Fruitworm moth (Family Carposinidae))

Carposina mediella (A Fruitworm moth (Carposinidae))

Carposina petraea (Carposina petraea)

Carposina taractis (A Carposinidae moth)

Carposina undescribed species (A Fruitworm moth (Family Carposinidae))

Carposinidae (family) (a Copromorhoidea moth)

Carposinidae sp. (Moth)

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