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

Ectropis (genus) (An engrailed moth)

Ectropis (genus) immature

Ectropis bhurmitra (Tea Twig Caterpillar)

Ectropis bispinaria (Loop-line Bark Moth)

Ectropis excursaria (Common Bark Moth)

Ectropis fractaria (Ringed Bark Moth)

Ectropis, undescribed sp. (genus) (Unknown Engrailed Moth)

Edosa / TineaX (Tineaidae / Incurvariidae)

Edosa balanosema (Edosa balanosema)

Edosa fraudulens (Tineidae)

Edosa idiochroa

Edosa irruptella (A Tineid moth)

Edosa ochracea (Yellow Tineid)

Edosa purella (Tineid Moth)

Edosa sp. (Edosa sp.)

Edosa xystidophora (Tineid moth)

Eilema plana (Little White Lichen Moth)

Elachista (genus) (Elachista)

Elachista flammula

Elachista synethes

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