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

Niceteria macrocosma (Showy Geometrid)

Niditinea fuscella (Brown-dotted Clothes Moth)

Nisista notodontaria (Annulus Crest-moth)

Male head detail

Male

Nisista serrata (Serrated Crest-moth)

Nisista undescribed species (genus) (A geometer moth)

Noctuidae (family) (A cutworm or owlet moth)

Noctuidae unclassified IMMATURE moth (Immature Noctuidae Moth)

Noctuoidea (superfamily) (A night moth)

Nodaria cornicalis (Magas Fruit-borer)

Nola (genus) (A Noctuid moth)

Nola argentea (Silver Tuft-moth)

Nola bifascialis (A Noctuid moth (Nolidae))

Nola cerraunias (A Noctuid moth (Nolinae)

Nola cycota (Cycota Tuft-moth)

Nola desmotes (A Nolid moth)

Nola elaphra (Nola elaphra)

Nola epicentra (Nola epicentra)

Nola fasciata (A Noctuid moth (Nolidae))

Nola fraterna (A Noctuid moth (Nolidae))

Nola hyalospila (A Noctuid moth (Nolidae))

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