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

Spilonota constrictana (A Tortricid moth)

Spilonota sp. (Spilonota sp.)

Spilonota-group (A Tortricid moth)

Spirama recessa (An Erebid moth (Erebinae)

Spodoptera exigua (Beet Armyworm)

Spodoptera litura (Cluster Caterpillar, Tobacco Cutworm)

Cluster Caterpillar

Spodoptera umbraculata (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae))

Stagmatophora (genus) (A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae)

Stagmatophora argyrostrepta (A cosmet moth)

Stangeia xerodes (A plume moth)

Statherotis pendulata (A Tortricid moth (Olethreuthini)

Male

Male

Stathmopoda (genus) (A curved-horn moth)

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Stathmopoda cephalaea (A Lizard moth (Stathmopodidae)

Stathmopoda chalcotypa (Concealer moth)

Stathmopoda crocophanes (Yellow Stathmopoda Moth)

Stathmopoda cyanopla (A Gelechioid moth (Stathmopodinae)

Stathmopoda hyposcia (A Gelechioid moth)

Stathmopoda lethonoa (Stathmopoda lethonoa)

Stathmopoda megathyma (A concealer moth)

Stathmopoda melanochra (An Oecophorid moth (Eriococcus caterpillar))

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