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

Chlenias (genus) (A looper moth)

Chlenias ochrocrana (White-point Crest-moth)

Chloroclystis approximata (Plumed or Cherry Looper)

Female

Male

Chloroclystis catastreptes (Green and Brown Carpet)

Chloroclystis filata (Filata Moth, Australian Pug Moth)

FEMALE

Chloroclystis gonias (A Geometer moth (Larentiinae))

Chloroclystis insigillata (Chloroclystis insigillata)

Female

Male

Chloroclystis metallospora (Geometer moth)

Chlorocoma (genus) (Emerald moth)

Chlorocoma (genus) (An Emerald moth (Geometrinae))

Chlorocoma assimilis (Golden-fringed Emerald Moth)

Chlorocoma cadmaria (Spectacular Emerald)

Female

Chlorocoma carenaria (Veined Emerald)

Chlorocoma dichloraria (Guenee's or Double-fringed Emerald)

Chlorocoma melocrossa (Cream-fringed Emerald)

Chlorocoma stereota (A geometer or looper moth)

Chlorocoma undescribed species (sp.3 MoV) (An Emerald moth)

Chlorocoma vertumnaria (Red-fringed Emerald)

Chrysodeixis argentifera (Tobacco Looper)

Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Green Looper)

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