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

Dichromodes mesogonia (Widespread Heath Moth)

Dichromodes mesozona (Banded Heath Moth)

Dichromodes molybdaria (Plain Heath Moth)

Dichromodes obtusata (Dichromodes obtusata)

ALA Image

Dichromodes oriphoetes (Alpine heath moth)

Dichromodes ornata (A Geometer moth (Oenochrominae))

Dichromodes sp. ANIC28

Dichromodes stilbiata (White-barred Heath Moth)

Didymoctenia exsuperata (Thick-lined Bark Moth)

Didymostoma aurotinctalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Digama marmorea (An Erebid moth)

Dinophalus serpentaria (Dinophalus serpentaria)

Diplopseustis perieresalis (Eastern Black Tabby)

Dipterygina kebeae (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae)

Discophlebia (genus) (Unidentified Discophlebia moths)

Discophlebia catocalina (Yellow-tailed Stub Moth)

Discophlebia celaena (Variable Snub Moth)

Discophlebia lucasii (Lucas' Snub Moth)

ALA Image

Dissomorphia australiaria (Dashed Geometrid, Ennominae)

Female

Male

Male underside

Dithalama cosmospila (Grey Spotted Wave)

1  «  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40  41  42  »  130