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

Edosa idiochroa

Edosa irruptella (A Tineid moth)

Edosa ochracea (Yellow Tineid)

Edosa purella (Tineid Moth)

Edosa tyrannica ((Tineidae, Perissomasticinae))

Edosa xystidophora (Tineid moth)

Egone bipunctalis (Eastern Two-spot)

Eilema plana (Little White Lichen Moth)

Elachista (genus) (Elachistidae)

Elachista flammula (A Gelechioid moth (Elachistidae)

Elachista velox (A Gelechioid moth (Elachistidae\)

Elasma sp. (Elasma sp.)

Elesma subglauca

Elesma undescribed species

Elhamma australasiae (A Swift or Ghost moth (Hepialidae))

Male, a smaller moth

Female, larger

Eloasa atmodes (A Cup moth (Limacodidae)

Elophila aristodora (A Crambid moth (Acentropinae)

Elophila responsalis (Acentropinae, Crambidae)

Elusa oenolopha (A Noctuid moth (Hadeninae)

Elusa semipecten (Variable Armyworm)

Female

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