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

Trigonodes hyppasia (Triangle Owlet)

Trismelasmos donovani (A Wood moth (Cossidae))

Trissernis ochrochlora (A Noctuid moth (Acontiinae subfamily0)

Tymbophora peltastis (A Xyloryctid moth (Xyloryctidae))

Unplaced eucometis (A Pyralid moth (Phyccitinae))

Unplaced externaria (Mahogany Bark Moth (formerly Hypomecis externaria))

Unplaced suasaria (Unplaced suasaria)

Uraba lugens (Gumleaf Skeletonizer)

Uresiphita ornithopteralis (Tree Lucerne Moth)

Urolitha bipunctifera (An Emerald moth)

Utetheisa (genus) (A tiger moth)

Utetheisa lotrix (Crotalaria Moth)

Utetheisa pulchelloides (Heliotrope Moth)

Wingia aurata (Golden Leaf Moth)

Xanthodes transversa (Bagisarinae)

Xylorycta (genus) (A concealer moth)

Xylorycta argentella (A Gelechioid moth (Xyloryctidae))

Xylorycta assimilis (A Xyloryctid moth)

Xyloryctidae (family)

Yponomeuta paurodes (An Ermine moth (Yponomeutidae))

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