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

Protuliocnemis partita (A Geometer moth (Geometrinae))

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

Pseudanapaea (genus) (A cup moth)

Psychidae (family) IMMATURE (Unidentified case moth or bagworm)

Ptilomacra senex (Cossid Moth or 'Wood Moth')

Pycnarmon cribrata (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Pycnocera hypoxantha (A Concealer moth (Chezala Group))

Pyroderces mesoptila (A Cosmet moth)

Pyroderces terminella (A Cosmet moth)

Rhuma (genus) (A Geometer moth)

Rhuma argyraspis (Webbed Grey)

Male

Male underside

Female

Salma cholica (A Pyralid moth)

Salma ebenina (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae))

Salma pyrastis (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae subfam.))

Samea multiplicalis (Salvinia Moth)

Sarisophora leptoglypta (A Gelechioid moth (Lecithoceridae))

Scenedra decoratalis (A Pyralid moth)

Schistophleps albida (A Tiger moth (Lithosiini))

Scioglyptis canescaria (Fuscous Bark Moth, Boarmini)

Scioglyptis chionomera (Grey Patch Bark Moth)

female

male

female underside

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