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)

Hellula hydralis (Cabbage Centre Moth)

Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth)

Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth)

Leucania diatrecta (A Noctuid moth)

Mataeomera ligata (Black-tipped Scale-moth)

Monopis ethelella (Dead Sheep's Moth)

Morosaphycita poliochyta (Orange marked Pyralid)

Nomophila corticalis (A Snout Moth)

Oecophoridae (family) (Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth)

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Pachybela maculisarca (Eulechria Group)

Persectania ewingii (Southern Armyworm)

Phryganeutis cinerea (Chezala Group moth)

Proteuxoa sp(9) MoV Part9 (Another Proteuxoa)

Rhuma argyraspis (Webbed Grey)

Male

Male underside

Female

Sceliodes cordalis (Eggfruit Caterpillar, Poroporo Fruit Borer)

Scopula lydia (Lydia's Wave)

Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth)

Female

Reddish hindwings

Sphenarches anisodactylus (Geranium Plume Moth)

Zermizinga sinuata (Lucerne Looper, Spider Moth)

Male

Male

Male

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