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

Doleromima hypoxantha (Depressariidae)

Donuca castalia (An Erebid moth (Catocalini))

Underside

Female

Donuca orbigera (A Noctuid moth (Eribidae))

Donuca rubropicta (White Banded Noctuid Moth)

Donuca spectabilis (White-Spotted Owl Moth)

Doratifera (genus) (Cup Moth)

Doratifera casta (Black Slug Moth)

Doratifera oxleyi (Painted Cup Moth)

Larva

Doratifera pinguis (Pale Cup Moth)

Doratifera quadriguttata (Four-spotted Cup Moth)

Doratifera quadriguttata and casta (Four-spotted Cup Moth)

Doratifera vulnerans (Mottled Cup Moth)

Dryadaula anthracorma (A Clothes moth (Dryadaulinae, Tineidae)

Drymoptila temenitis (Crescent-tipped Geometrid)

Dudua aprobola (Mango Webworm)

Dudua siderea (A Tortricid moth (Olethreutinae)

Dysbatus (genus) (A Line Geometrid.)

ALA Image

Dysbatus singularis (Dry-country Line-moth)

Male

Female

Male underside

Dysbatus sp1 MoV Pt4 (Diptychini)

Dysbatus stenodesma (Dysbatus stenodesma)

Underside

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