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

Dysphania numana (Four O'Clock Moth)

Earias chlorodes (Pale Earias)

Earias huegeliana (Earias huegeliana)

Earias luteolaria (Chloephorinae)

Earias smaragdina (A Noctuid moth (Nolidae))

Earias subviridis (Nolidae (Chloephorinae))

Eccymatoge callizona (White-spotted Carpet)

Eccymatoge fulvida (A geometer moth)

Echinobasis halata (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Echinocosma catachrysa (Philobota Group)

Echiomima mythica (A Gelechioid moth (Xyloryctinae)

Eclipsiodes crypsixantha (Eclipsiodes crypsixantha)

Eclipsiodes homora (A Crambid moth (Scopariini))

Ecnomodes sagittaria (A Notodontid Moth (Notodontinae)

Ectopatria horologa (Nodding Saltbush Moth)

Ectopatria mundoides (Brown Saltbush Moth)

Ectopatria subrufescens (Reddish Saltbush Moth)

Ectopatria undescribed species

Ectopatria xerampelina (Noctuinae)

Ectropis (genus) (An engrailed moth)

Female

Male

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