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

Scoparia favilliferella (A Pyralid moth)

Scoparia gethosyna (A Crambid moth (Scopariini))

Scoparia ithyntis (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia meyrickii (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia objurgalis (A Crambid moth (Scopariini))

Scoparia ochrophara (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia oxygona (A Pyralid moth)

Scoparia philonephes (A Crambid moth)

Scoparia spelaea (a Crambid moth)

Scoparia syntaracta (A Pyralid moth)

Scopula (genus) (A wave moth)

Scopula (genus) (A Wave moth (Sterrhinae))

Scopula desita (A Geometer moth)

Scopula innocens (A Geometrid moth (Sterrhinae)

Scopula liotis (Liotus Wave)

Scopula lydia (Lydia's Wave)

Scopula optivata (Varied Wave)

Scopula perlata (Cream Wave)

Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth)

Female

Reddish hindwings

Scopula sublinearia (Scopula sublinearia)

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