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

Picromorpha pyrrhopa (Picromorpha pyrrhopa)

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Piletocera macroperalis (Spilomelinae, Crambidae) (A Pearl Moth)

Piloprepes anassa (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Piloprepes antidoxa (A concealer moth (Wingia group))

Piloprepes gelidella (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Pilostibes (genus) (A Concealer moth (Xloryctinae))

Pilostibes basivitta (A Xyloryctid moth (Xyloryctidae)

Pilostibes stigmatias (Xyloryctidae)

Pinara (genus) (Snout moth)

Pinara cana (Neat Pinara)

Pinara divisa (Common Pinara, Lasiocampidae)

Pinara metaphaea (Pinara Moth)

Pinara obliqua (Pinara obliqua)

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Pinara undescribed species near divisa

Male

Female

Male

Pingasa chlora (White Looper Moth, Flower-eating Caterpillar)

Pingasa cinerea (Tan-spotted Grey)

Female

Male

Placocosma hephaestea (A Concealer moth)

Placocosma resumptella (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Planolocha sp.(1) (MoV. Pt, 7) (A Geometer moth (Lithinini)

Platagarista macleayi (Macleay's Day-Moth)

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