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

Oxycanus dirempta (Variable Oxycanus)

Detail of female antennae.

Oxycanus rufescens (Dry-country Oxycanus)

Oxycanus silvanus (Pale Oxycanus)

FEMALE

Oxycanus stellans (Rosaceus Oxycanus)

Oxythecta acceptella (Scat Moth)

Oxythecta hieroglyphica (A scat moth)

Oxythecta sp. (Oxythecta)

Oxythecta zonoteles (A Concealer moth (Chezala group))

Palaeosia bicosta (Two-ribbed Footman)

Palaeotoma styphelana (A Tortricid moth)

Palimmeces (genus) (a Philobota Group moth)

Palimmeces variegata (Philobota Group)

Palleopa innotata (Finely-streaked Crest-moth)

Palpita margaritacea (Pearl Moth)

Palpita pratti (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Panacela (genus) (A Monkey moth (Eupteroridae fam.))

Panacela lewinae (Lewin's Bag-shelter Moth)

Pantydia capistrata (An Erebid moth)

Underside

Pantydia diemeni (Erebinae)

Pantydia sparsa (Noctuid Moth)

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