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

Ennominae (subfamily) (An ennomine looper moth)

Entometa (genus) (A Lappet or Snout moth (Lasiocampidaae)e)

Entometa apicalis (Gum Snout Moth)

Entometa decorata (A Lasiocampid moth)

Entometa fervens (Common Gum Snout Moth)

Entometa guerinii (Guerin's Gum Snout Moth)

Entometa undescribed species nr fervens (Common Gum Snout Moth)

Eochrois acutella (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Eochrois caminias (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Eochrois dejunctella (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Eochrois epidesma (Wingia group)

Eochrois pulverulenta (Eochrois pulverulenta)

Eochrois sarcoxantha (A concealer moth)

Epermenia exilis (Shark Moth (family Epermeniidae))

Ephestiopsis oenobarella (a Phycitine moth)

Ephestiopsis sp. (Ephestiopsis sp.)

Epicephala (genus) (A leaf flower moth)

Epicoma (genus) (Unidentified Prominent moth)

Epicoma contristis (Yellow-spotted Epicoma Moth)

Epicoma melanospila (Black Spot Moth)

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