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

Ophiusa disjungens (Guava Moth)

Ophiusa parcemacula (Figure Eight Moth)

Ophyx ochroptera (Catocalini)

Opodiphthera eucalypti (Emperor Gum Moth)

Opodiphthera helena (Helena Gum Moth)

Opodiphthera loranthi (Opodiphthera loranthi)

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Opogona (genus) (A fungus moth)

Opogona stenocraspeda (Tineidae)

Opogona stereodyta (Tineid moth)

Opostegidae (Undescribed genus) (An Eye-capped Moth (Opostegidae)

Opsirhina albigutta (Opsirhina albigutta)

Opsirhina lechriodes (Opsirhina lechriodes)

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Orgyia anartoides (Painted Apple Moth)

Orthaga atribasalis (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae)

Orthaga thyrisalis (Teatree Web Moth)

Ostrinia furnacalis (Asian Corn Borer)

Oxycanus (genus) (Unidentified Oxycanus moths)

Oxycanus australis (Southern Oxycanus)

Oxycanus dirempta (Variable Oxycanus)

Oxycanus rufescens (Dry-country Oxycanus)

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