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

Euproctis marginalis (Margined Browntail Moth)

Female

Male

Euproctis panabra (Euproctis panabra)

Eupselia (genus) (A Gelechioid moth (Hypertrophidae))

Eupselia anommata (A Gelechioid moth (Hypertrophidae))

Eupselia beltera (A Gelechioid moth)

Eupselia carpocapsella (Common Eupselia Moth)

Eupselia holoxantha (Hypertrophidae)

Eupselia iridizona (Hypertrophidae)

Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Spilomelinae)

Eusemocosma pruinosa (Philobota Group Concealer Moth)

Fascionycta fasciata (Acronictinae Moth)

Faveria tritalis (Couchgrass Webworm)

Fisera (genus) (Unidentified Fisera moths)

Fisera bradymorpha (Fisera bradymorpha)

Fisera hypoleuca (Diptychini , Ennominae)

Fraus crocea (Pink Fraus)

Garrha (genus) (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Garrha atripunctatella (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Garrha costimacula (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

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