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

Leptozestis crassipalpis (Cosmopterigidae)

Leptozestis ecstatica (Cosmopterigidae)

Leptozestis harmosta (A Gelechioid moth (Cosmopterigidae))

Leptozestis peroneta (Leptozestis peroneta)

Leptozestis sp nr harmosta

Leptozestis toreutica (Cosmopterigidae)

Leucania (genus) (A noctuid moth)

Leucania abdominalis (Leucania abdominalis)

Leucania dasycnema (Southern Noctuid)

Leucania diatrecta (A Noctuid moth)

Leucania exarans (Hadeninae)

Leucania leucosta (A Noctuid moth (Hadeninae))

Leucania melanopasta (A Noctuid moth (Hadeninae))

Leucania obumbrata (Lesser Armyworm)

Leucania obusta (Robust Armyworm)

Leucania stenographa (Sugar Cane Armyworm)

Side view

Underside

Leucania uda (A Noctuid moth)

Female

Male

Male

Leuroperna sera (A Plutellid moth)

Lichenaula (genus)

Lichenaula appropinquans (A Xylorictid moth)

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