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

Placocosma resumptella (A Concealer moth)

Platagarista macleayi (Macleay's Day-Moth)

Platoloncha psamathina (Chezela Group)

Platyptilia celidotus (Plume Moth)

Platyptilia isodactylus (Hoary Plume Moth)

Plectobela (genus) (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Plectobela undescribed species (A concealer moth)

Plectophila discalis (Xyloryctidae)

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Plectophila pyrgodes (A Xyloryctid moth (Xyloryctidae))

Plesanemma fucata (Lemon Gum Moth)

Male

Female underside

Larva

Pleuroptya balteata (A Crambid moth)

Plodia interpunctella (Indian meal moth)

Plusiodonta arctipennis (Hooked Elegant)

Kerry Vance, Tathra

Plutella (genus) (Plutella Moths)

Plutella xylostella (Diamondback Moth)

Poecilasthena (genus) (A looper moth)

Poecilasthena anthodes (Orange-grounded Delicate)

Poecilasthena balioloma (Stitched Delicate)

Poecilasthena pulchraria (Australian Cranberry Moth)

Poecilasthena scoliota (A Geometer moth (Larentiinae))

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