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

Hednota panteucha (Crambinae)

Hednota pedionoma (Pasture Webworm)

Hednota pedionoma PS1 (BOLD) (a Crambid moth (Crambinae))

Hednota pleniferellus (A Grass moth (Crambinae)

Hednota relatalis (A Crambid moth)

Hednota sp. ANIC6 (A Crambid moth (Crambinae)

Hednota species near grammellus (Pyralid or snout moth)

Helicoverpa (genus) (A bollworm)

Helicoverpa armigera (Cotton bollworm, Corn earworm)

Helicoverpa prepodes (A Noctuid moth (Heliothinae))

Helicoverpa punctigera (Native Budworm)

Heliocausta (genus) (Heliocausta sp.)

Heliocausta undescribed species (A concealer moth)

Heliocheilus (genus) (Heliothine moths)

Heliocheilus cramboides (Whitebar Grass Moth)

Heliocheilus moribunda (A Noctuid moth)

Heliocheilus pallida (Heliocheilus pallida)

Heliocosma (genus - immature) (A tortrix or leafroller moth)

Heliocosma (genus) (A Tortricid moth)

Heliocosma argyroleuca (A tortrix or leafroller moth)

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