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

Poecilasthena sp. (Poecilasthena sp.)

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Poecilasthena thalassias (Sea-blue Delicate)

Poliorhabda auriceps (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Pollanisus (genus) (A Forester Moth)

Pollanisus apicalis

Pollanisus calliceros (A Forester moth (Procidinae))

Pollanisus cyanota (A Forester moth (Procidinae))

Pollanisus lithopastus (A Forester Moth)

Pollanisus subdolosa (A Forester Moth)

Pollanisus subdolosa or other (A Forester moth)

Pollanisus viridipulverulenta (Satin-green Forester)

Polysoma eumetalla (Lizard Moth)

Porela (genus) (A porela moth)

Porela arida (Porela arida)

Porela cinerea (A Porela Moth)

Porela delineata (Lined Porela)

Male

Female

Larvae

Porela subfasciata (Fasciated Porela)

Porela vitulina (Banded Porela)

Prasinocyma albicosta (An Emerald moth (Geometrinae))

Prasinocyma iosticta (Prasinocyma iosticta)

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