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

Philenora (genus) (A Tiger moth (Lithosiini))

Philenora aspectalella (Little Mask Philenora)

ALA Image

Philenora chionastis (Philenora chionastis)

Philenora elegans (Philenora elegans)

ALA Image

Philenora irregularis (Lithosiini)

Philobota (genus) (Unidentified Philobota genus moths)

Philobota baryptera (Spotty Philobota)

Philobota ellenella (a Concealer Moth)

Philobota grammatica (Philobota grammatica)

Philobota group (Philobota group)

Philobota orescoa (a Concealer Moth)

Philobota protecta (A concealer moth)

Pholodes sinistraria (Sinister or Frilled Bark Moth)

Male

Female

Larvae

Phrataria replicataria (Pale Phrataria)

Phrissogonus laticostata (Apple looper moth)

MALE

MALE

Female

Phrixocomes ophiucha (Coastal Heath Moth)

Phryganeutis cinerea (Chezala Group moth)

Phylomictis maligna (A Stenomatinae moth)

Phylomictis monochroma (Phylomictis monochroma)

Phylomictis sarcinopa (A Stenomatidae moth)

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