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

Heliothis punctifera (Lesser Budworm)

Heliozela (genus) (Heliozelidae moth)

Hellinsia balanotes (Pterophorinae)

Hellula hydralis (Cabbage Centre Moth)

Hellula undalis (Cabbage Webworm)

Hemibela (genus) (A Concealer moth)

Hemibela callista (Wingia Group)

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Hemibela gnomica (Hemibela gnomica)

Hemibela hemicalypta (A Concealer moth)

Hemibela oxyptera (A Concealer moth)

Hemibela sp. (genus) (Hemibela)

Hemibela tyranna (Hemibela tyranna)

Hemichloreis exoterica (Hemichloreis exoterica)

Hemiscopis violacea (A Crambid moth (Odontiinae))

Hepialidae (family) (Unidentified Swift or Ghost Moth)

Hepialidae (family) IMMATURES (Unidentified IMMATURE Swift or Ghost Moth)

Hermenias rivulifera (Hermenias rivulifera)

Herpetogramma cynaralis

Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Sod Webworm)

Hestiochora erythrota (A Forester or Burnet moth (Zygaenidae))

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