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

Erechthias mystacinella (Tineidae)

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Erechthias simulans (A Clothes moth (Erechthiinae)

Eremnotypa steriphota (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Eressa angustipenna (A Tiger moth (Ctenuchini)

Eressa geographica (Hourglass Wasp Moth)

Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family)

Eretmocera chrysias (A Tropical longhorned moth (Scythrididae)

Eretmocera coracopis (A Scythrid moth : Scythrididae)

Ericeia inangulata (Sober Tabby (Erebinae)

Ericeia plaesiodes (An Erebid moth (Erebinae)

Ericeia sobria (A Noctuid moth (Eribidae))

Ericibdela delotis (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Ericodesma sp. (Ericodesma sp.)

Ericrypsina chorodoxa (A Chezela group moth)

Ericrypsina ductaria

Esthlodora variabilis

Esthlodora versicolor (A Noctuid moth (Hypeninae))

Etanna clopaea (A Noctuid moth (family Nolidae))

Ethmia clytodoxa (An Ethmiid moth family: (Ethmiidae))

Ethmia eupostica (A Gelechioid moth (Ethmiidae))

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