Moth (Lepidoptera) field guide


Useful references:

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



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Thallarcha staurocola (Patched Footman)

Thallarcha trissomochla (Yellow Crossed Footman)

Thallogama corticola (Chequered Bark Moth)

Thallogama nigraria (Black Bark Moth)

Thallogama pansticta (Flecked Bark Moth)

Thaumetopoeinae (subfamily) (Bag-shelter Moths, Processionary Caterpillars)

Theila siennata (A Crambid moth (Acentropinae)

Thema (genus) (A Concealer moth)

Thema brevivitella (A Concealer moth (Chezala Group))

Thema chlorochyta (A Concealer moth)

Thema holoxesta (Snowy Thema (Chezala Group))

Thema macroscia (A concealer moth)

Thema protogramma (A concealer moth)

Thema psammoxantha (A concealer moth)

Thema stasiastica (Thema stasiastica)

Theretra celata (A Hawk moth (Macroglossinae))

Theretra latreillii (Pale Brown Hawk Moth)

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