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 rufescens (Dry-country Oxycanus)

Oxycanus silvanus (Pale Oxycanus)

Oxycanus stellans (Rosaceus Oxycanus)

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)

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

Panacela lewinae (A Monkey moth)

Pantydia capistrata (An Erebid moth)

Pantydia diemeni (Erebinae)

Pantydia sparsa (Noctuid Moth)

Paradromulia ambigua (A Geometer moth)

Paralaea (genus)

Paralaea polysticha (Paralaea polysticha)

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