Moth (Lepidoptera) field guide


Useful references:

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



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Lophotoma diagrapha (Double-line Snout Moth)

Luceria oculalis (An Erebid moth (Hypenodinae)

Macroglossum errans (Australian Hummingbird Hawkmoth)

Metasia tiasalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Mocis trifasciata (An Erebid moth (Erebinae))

Nodaria cornicalis (Magas Fruit-borer)

Nola fasciata (A Noctuid moth (Nolidae))

Oeonistis delia (A Tiger moth (Lithosiini)

Ozarba punctigera (Black-spotted Zarb (Acontiinae)

Pantydia metaspila (A Noctuid moth (Eribidae))

Pleuroptya sabinusalis (A Crambid moth (Pyraustinae)

Prooedema inscisalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Proteuxoa sp. (07) (MoV, Part 9) (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae))

Protonoceras mitis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Protuliocnemis partita (A Geometer moth (Geometrinae))

Psaroxantha undescribed species (A concealer moth (Wingia group))

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820,089 sightings of 22,413 species from 14,124 members
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