Moth (Lepidoptera) species


Useful references:

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



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Sphenarches anisodactylus (Geranium Plume Moth)

Sphingidae (A Hawk moth)

Sphyrelata amotella (A Concealer moth (Barea Group)

Spilomelinae (subfamily of Crambidae) (A Pyralid or Snout Moth)

Spilonota sp. (Spilonota sp.)

Spilonota-group (A Tortricid moth)

Spirama recessa (An Erebid moth (Erebinae)

Spodoptera exempta (African Armyworm)

Spodoptera exigua (Beet Armyworm)

Spodoptera litura (Cluster Caterpillar, Tobacco Cutworm)

Cluster Caterpillar

Spodoptera picta (Lily Caterpillar)

Spodoptera umbraculata (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae))

Spoladea recurvis (Beet Webworm)

Stagmatophora (genus) (A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae)

Statherotis pendulata (A Tortricid moth (Olethreuthini)

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