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

Ephestiopsis oenobarella (a Phycitine moth)

Ephestiopsis sp. (Ephestiopsis sp.)

Epicephala (genus) (A leaf flower moth)

Epicoma (genus) (Unidentified Prominent moth)

Epicoma argentosa (Notodontidae Thaumetopoeinae)

Epicoma contristis (Yellow-spotted Epicoma Moth)

Epicoma IMMATURE (genus) (A Prominent moth (Thaumetopoeinae)

Epicoma melanospila (Black Spot Moth)

Epicoma melanosticta (Common Epicoma)

Epicoma protrahens (A Prominent moth)

Epicoma tristis (Dark Epicoma Moth)

Epicompsa xanthocrossa (Pale Pink Geometrid)

Epicurica laetiferanus (Wingia group)

Paul Whitington, Wonboyn

Epicyme rubropunctaria (Red-spotted Delicate)

Underside

Epicyrtica docima (Calpinae, Erebidae)

Epicyrtica hippolopha (Green Double-spot (Calpinae))

Epicyrtica leucostigma (Dark-crescent Double-spot, Calpinae)

Epicyrtica lichenophora (Lichen Double-spot)

Epicyrtica undescribed species nr lichenophora

Epidesmia (genus) (Epidesmia moth)

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