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

Cleora goldfinchi (4-spotted Bark Moth)

Cleora illustraria (A Geometer moth)

Underwing

Cleora injectaria (A Cleora Bark Moth)

Cleora sabulata (A Geometrid moth (Ennominae)

Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Lesser rice leaf-roller)

Kerry Vance, Tathra

Coenotoca subaspersa (Rainforest Vine Day-moth)

Coequosa australasiae (Double Headed Hawk Moth)

ALA image

Narelle, Barraga Bay

Coequosa triangularis (Double-headed Hawk Moth)

Coesyra cyclotoma (Chezela Group)

Coesyra phaeozona (A Concealer moth (Chezala Group))

Comana fasciata (Comana fasciata)

Comocrus behri (Mistletoe Day Moth)

Comostola laesaria (A Geometrid moth (Geometrinae)

Comostola leucomerata (A Geometer moth (Geometrinae))

Compsotropha strophiella (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Conoeca or Lepidoscia (genera) IMMATURE (Unidentified Cone Case Moth larva, pupa, or case)

Conogethes pluto (Alpinia Stem-borer (Spilomelinae))

Conogethes punctiferalis

Constrictana group constrictana

Corethropalpa sp. (Corethropalpa sp.)

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