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

Dichromodes ainaria (A geometer or looper moth)

Dichromodes atrosignata (Black-signed Heath Moth )

Male

Dichromodes confluaria (Ceremonial Heath Moth)

Dichromodes consignata (Signed Heath Moth)

Dichromodes diffusaria (Disbursed Heath Moth)

Dichromodes disputata (Scaled Heath Moth)

Dichromodes estigmaria (Pale Grey Heath Moth)

Dichromodes explanata (Fine-lined Heath Moth)

Dichromodes fulvida (Fulvida Heath Moth)

Dichromodes indicataria (Variable Heath Moth)

Ross Mannell, Yellowpinch

Dichromodes longidens (Toothed Heath Moth)

Paul Whitington - Nadgee Nature Reserve (male)

Dichromodes mesogonia (Widespread Heath Moth)

Dichromodes mesozona (Banded Heath Moth)

Dichromodes molybdaria (Plain Heath Moth)

Dichromodes obtusata (Dichromodes obtusata)

ALA Image

Dichromodes oriphoetes (Alpine heath moth)

Dichromodes ornata (A Geometer moth (Oenochrominae))

Dichromodes stilbiata (White-barred Heath Moth)

Didymoctenia exsuperata (Thick-lined Bark Moth)

Digama marmorea (An Erebid moth)

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