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

Hemibela (genus) (A Concealer moth)

Heterallactis euchrysa (Lithosiinae)

Hyalarcta huebneri (Leafy Case Moth)

Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth)

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE (caterpillar or pupa or cocoon)

Luxiaria ochrophara (A Geometer moth)

Meyrickella torquesauria (An Eribid Moth)

Miscera lygropis (Brachodidae)

Musotima nitidalis (A Crambid moth)

Nyctemera (genus) (A Tiger moth (Arctiini))

Nyctemera secundiana (Magpie Moth)

Ochrogaster lunifer (Bag-shelter moth)

Ochthophora sericina (Sarrothripinae, Nolidae)

Pantydia sparsa (Noctuid Moth)

Philenora (genus) (A Tiger moth (Lithosiini))

Philenora aspectalella (Little Mask Philenora)

Praxis marmarinopa (owlet moth)

Protuliocnemis partita (A Geometer moth (Geometrinae))

Speiredonia spectans (Granny's Cloak Moth)

Syneora lithina (Stoney Barkmoth)

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