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

Earias paralella (Three-barred Earis)

Epiphyas fabricata (Tortricinae)

Epyaxa agelasta (Coastal Epyaxa)

Erechthias diaphora

Eremochroa alphitias (Pale X-o Moth)

Etiella (genus) (A Pyralid moth (Phycitinae)

Euphiltra celeteria (A Concelater moth (Wingia group)

Fraus polyspila (Chequered Fraus)

Glyphipterix meteora (A Sedge Moth)

Heliozela eucarpa (Heliozelidae, Adeloidea)

Holocola phaeoscia (Olethreutinae)

Hypena pelodes (Erebidae)

Hypomecis agoraea (Uniform Bark Moth)

Ioptera demica (Chezela Group)

Isochorista pumicosa (A Tortricid moth)

Lepidoptera provisional species 1

Lepidoscia tyrobathra (Pied Casemoth)

Leptozestis crassipalpis (Cosmopterigidae)

Lophosticha idiograpta (Diptychini, Enominae)

Mamestra dictyota (Well-marked Armyworm)

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