Moth (Lepidoptera) field guide


Useful references:

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



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Casbia rhodoptila (Rusty Casbia)

Catacometes phanozona (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Catadoceta xanthostephana (Catadoceta xanthostephana)

Catamola funerea (Mourning Pyralid)

Catoria camelaria (A Geometer moth (Larentiinae))

Catoria hemiprosopa (A Geometer moth (Ennominae))

Catoryctis eugramma (A Xyloryctid moth (Xyloryctidae)

Catoryctis subparallela (Curved-horn moth)

Centropseustis astrapora (A Crambid moth (Cybalominae)

Cephonodes (genus) (A bee hawkmoth)

Cephonodes australis (Australian Coffee Hawk Moth)

Cernia amyclaria (A Geometer moth (Oenochrominae))

Graeme Cocks

Chezala (genus) (A Concealer moth (Chezala Group))

Chloroclystis delosticha (A Geometer moth (Larentiinae))

Chlorocoma assimilis (Golden-fringed Emerald Moth)

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