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

Rhynchopsota delogramma (A Geometer moth (Ennominae))

Rupicolana GROUP (Rupicolana GROUP)

Rupicolana orthias (A tortrix or leafroller moth)

Rupicolana rupicolana (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae))

Rupicolana stereodes (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae))

Salma (genus) (A Pyralid moth)

Salma cholica (A Pyralid moth)

Salma cinerascens (A Pyralid moth)

Salma ebenina (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae))

Salma marmorea (A Pyralid moth)

Salma pyrastis (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae subfam.))

Sameodes cancellalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Sandava scitisignata (Fungi Snout, Hypeninae)

Male

Underside

Sandava xylistis (Rusty Snout)

Underside

Saphezona pholidoxantha (A concealer moth (Wingia group))

Sarisophora leptoglypta (A Gelechioid moth (Lecithoceridae))

Saropla sp. (genus) (A concealer moth)

Sarotorna mesoleuca (A curved-horn moth)

Satrapia thesaurina

Saturniidae (family, pupa, unidentified species)

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