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

Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis (A Sedge Moth)

Glyphipterix cyanochalca (A sedge moth)

Glyphipterix drosophaes (A Gem moth (Glyphipterigidae)

Glyphipterix gemmipunctella (Glyphipterix gemmipunctella)

Wonboyn, NSW

Display behaviour, flaring wings and extending hind legs

Glyphipterix iometalla (A Sedge moth)

Glyphipterix isozela (A Gem moth (Gliphypterigidae))

Glyphipterix leucocerastes (A Cosmet moth (Glyphipterigidae))

Glyphipterix meteora (A Sedge Moth)

Glyphipterix palaeomorpha (A Gem moth (Gliphypterigidae))

Glyphipterix perimetalla (Five-bar Sedge-moth)

Glyphipterix phosphora (A sedge moth)

Glyphipterix platydisema (A Gem moth (Gliphypterigidae))

Glyphipterix undescribed species nr isozela

Glyphodes apiospila (Spilomelinae)

Glyphodes canthusalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Glyphodes cosmarcha (Spilomelinae)

Glyphodes microta (A Crambid moth)

Gnathifera eurybias (A Fringe-tufted Moth)

Gnathothlibus eras (Aussie White-brow Hawk Moth)

Goniocraspedon mistura (A Noctuid moth (Eribidae))

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