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

Endotricha mesenterialis (A Pyralid moth)

Endotricha puncticostalis (A Pyralid moth)

Endotricha pyrosalis (A Pyralid moth)

Endoxyla (genus) (Unknown Wood Moth)

Endoxyla acontucha

Endoxyla cinereas (Giant Wood Moth)

Endoxyla cinereus (Giant Wood Moth)

Endoxyla dictyoschema (A Cossid moth (Zeuzeriinae))

Endoxyla edwardsorum

Endoxyla encalypti (Wattle Goat Moth)

Endoxyla leucomochla (Wijuti Grub)

Endoxyla lichenea (Cossidae)

Endoxyla lituratus (A Wattle Goat Moth)

Endoxyla magniguttata (A Cossid moth (Zeuzerinae))

Endoxyla nubila

Endoxyla secta (A Wood moth)

Endrosis (genus)

Endrosis sarcitrella (White-shouldered House Moth)

Enispa parva (An Erebid moth (Acontiinae)

Enispa violacea (Acontiinae)

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