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

Addyme ferrorubella (Phycitinae)

Agathodes ostentalis (Coral Tree Moth)

Arrade leucocosmalis (A Hypeninae moth)

Clytoscopa iorrhoda (Acontiinae)

Diasemiopsis ramburialis (A Crambid moth)

Goniocraspedon mistura (A Noctuid moth (Eribidae))

Hymenoptychis sordida (Pneumatophore Moth)

Lamprophaia ablactalis (A Crambid moth)

Macroglossum errans (Australian Hummingbird Hawkmoth)

Metasia tiasalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Mocis trifasciata (An Erebid moth (Erebinae))

Nola fasciata (A Noctuid moth (Nolidae))

Prooedema inscisalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Protonoceras mitis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Protuliocnemis partita (A Geometer moth (Geometrinae))

Pyroderces terminella (A Cosmet moth)

Serrodes campana (An Erebid moth)

Tatobotys janapalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Tetrachroa edwardsi ( (A Hawk moth)

Tirathaba rufivena (Greater Coconut Spike Moth)

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