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

Ategumia adipalis (Spilomelinae)

Atteva niphocosma (An Ermine moth)

Austrocarea iocephala (Broad-headed Moth)

Autoba abrupta (Acontiinae)

Autoba pectorora (Acontiinae)

Autoba versicolor (A Noctuid moth (Acontiinae subfamily0)

Avatha discolor (Dimorphic Statusmoth)

Axiocrita cataphanes (A Pyralid moth (Epipas\schiinae subfam.))

Axiocteta oenoplex (Erebinae)

Balantiucha cyclocrossa (An Uraniid moth (Eplipleminae))

Balantiucha decorata (Other moths (Uraniiadae family))

Barantola pulcherrima (Depressariidae)

Barasa cymatistis (Nolinae)

Barea (genus) (A concealer moth)

Barea cratista (A Concealer moth (Barea Group))

Barea leucocephala (A Concealer moth)

Blastobasis (genus)

Brachybelistis pentachroa (A Gelechioid moth (Xyloryctidae))

Brunia replana (Lichen-eating Caterpillar)

Calathusa basicunea (Eastern Calathusa)

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