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

Holocola triangulana (A Tortricid Moth)

Homoeosoma vagella (Macadamia Flower Caterpillar)

Hopliocnema brachycera (Desert Hawk Moth)

Hoplomorpha abalienella (Wingia group)

Hoplomorpha camelaea (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Hoplophanes aerodes (Heliozelidae)

Hoplostega ochroma (a Eulechria Group moth)

Horisme mortuata (Funereal Carpet)

Hyalarcta huebneri (Leafy Case Moth)

Hyalarcta nigrescens (Ribbed Case Moth)

Hyalobathra archeleuca (A Crambid moth (Pyraustinae))

Hyalobathra crenulata (A Pyralid moth (Pyralinae)

Hyalobathra minialis (A Crambid moth)

Hyalobathra miniosalis (A Crambid moth (Pyraustinae)

Hyalobathra unicolor (Cotton Web Spinner)

Hyblaea ibidias (A Teak moth (Hyblaeidae family).)

Hydrillodes dimissalis (A Noctuid moth (Eribidae - Herminiinae))

Hygraula nitens (Pond Moth)

Hylaeora capucina (Cowled Rough-head)

Hylaeora dilucida (Ochre Rough-head)

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