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

Philobota transversella (A Concealer moth (Philobota arabella group))

Philobota undescribed species near arabella (A concealer moth)

Philobota xiphopepla (A Concealer moth (Philobota group)

Philobota xiphostola

Phloeograptis obliquata

Pholodes sinistraria (Sinister or Frilled Bark Moth)

Male

Female

Larvae

Phrataria bijugata (Bold Phrataria)

Underside

Phrataria replicataria (Pale Phrataria)

Phrataria transcissata (Dark Phrataria)

Female

Phrissogonus laticostata (Apple looper moth)

MALE

MALE

Female

Phrixocomes ophiucha (Coastal Heath Moth)

Phryganeutis cinerea (Chezala Group moth)

Phthonerodes peridela

Phycitinae (subfamily) (A snout moth)

Phycitodes melanosticta (A Pyralid moth (Phycitinae)

Phyllodes imperialis smithersi (Pink Underwing Moth (southern))

Phyllonorycter messaniella (Zeller's Midget, Gracillariidae)

Phylomictis eclecta (A Concealer moth (Stenomatinae))

Phylomictis maligna (A Stenomatinae moth)

Phylomictis monochroma (Phylomictis monochroma)

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