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

Ardices curvata (Crimson Tiger Moth)

Male

Ardices glatignyi (Black and White Tiger Moth (formerly Spilosoma))

Male

Female

Larva

Ardiosteres moretonella (Scruffy Case Moth)

Ardozyga (genus) (Twirler moth (Gelechioidae)

Ardozyga abruptella (A Gelechioid moth)

Ardozyga acroleuca (Double pale patch Gelechiid)

Ardozyga amblopis (A Gelechiod moth (Gelechiidae))

Ardozyga anthracina (A Gelechiod moth)

Ardozyga bistrigata (Ardozyga bistrigata)

Ardozyga catarrhacta (Gelechiidae)

Ardozyga chionoprora (Ardozyga chionoprora)

Ardozyga decaspila (Ardozyga decaspila)

Ardozyga desmatra (A Gelechioid moth)

Ardozyga erebenna (Ardozyga erebenna)

Ardozyga eumela (Gelechiidae)

Ardozyga gypsocrana (A Gelechioid moth)

Ardozyga hemichlaena (A Gelechioid moth)

Ardozyga loemias (A Gelechioid moth)

Ardozyga loxodesma (A Gelechioid moth)

Ardozyga macroplaca (A Gelechioid moth)

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