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

Smyriodes trigramma (Stippled Line Moth)

Smyriodes undescribed species nr aplectaria

Male

Male

Snellenia lineata (Lycid-mimicking Moth)

Snellenia miltocrossa (A Gelechioid moth (Stathmopodinae0)

Sophta concavata (Varied Hookwing)

Sorama bicolor (Two-coloured Notodontid)

Sosineura mimica (Sosineura mimica)

Spectrotrota fimbrialis (A Pyralid moth)

Female

Male

Speiredonia spectans (Granny's Cloak Moth)

image Liz Allen

Sphingidae (A Hawk moth)

Sphyrelata amotella (Barea Group)

Spilomelinae (subfamily of Crambidae) (A Pyralid or Snout Moth)

Spilonota constrictana (A Tortricid moth)

Spilonota sp. (Spilonota sp.)

Spilonota-group (A Tortricid moth)

Spodoptera exigua (Beet Armyworm)

Spodoptera litura (Cluster Caterpillar, Tobacco Cutworm)

Cluster Caterpillar

Spodoptera umbraculata (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae))

Stagmatophora (genus) (A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae)

Stagmatophora argyrostrepta (A cosmet moth)

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