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

Euloxia hypsithrona (Alpine Emerald)

Euloxia meandraria (Two-lined Euloxia)

Eumelea rosalia (A Geometrid moth (Oenochrominae))

Eupanacra splendens (A Hawk moth (Macroglossinae))

Euphiltra (genus) (A Concealer moth (Wingia group)

Euphiltra angustior (A Concealer moth (Wingia group)

Euphiltra celeteria (A Concelater moth (Wingia group)

Euphiltra eroticella (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Euphona decolorana (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae))

Euphona euphona (A Tortricid moth)

Euphona GROUP decolorana (Euphona GROUP decolorana)

ALA Image

Euphona group euphona (Euphona Gp euphona)

Euphronarcha luxaria (Striated Bark Moth)

Male

Female

Male underside

Euprionocera geminipuncta (Twinspot Hornmoth)

Euproctis (genus) (A Tussock Moth)

ALA Image

Max Campbell, Brogo

Euproctis arrogans (An Erebid moth (Lymantriinae)

Euproctis baliolalis (Browntail Gum Moth)

Euproctis crocea (Euproctis crocea)

Euproctis edwardsii (Mistletoe Browntail Moth)

Euproctis galactopis (A Tussock Moth (Lymantriinae))

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