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

Hylaeora eucalypti (Gum Rough-head)

Hymeninae sp, (2) (MoV) (An Erebid moth (Hypeninae)

Hypatima sp. (Hypatima sp.)

Hypena pelodes (Erebidae)

Hypena subvittalis (A Noctuid moth (Hypeninae))

Hypertropha chlaenota (A Gelechioid moth)

Hypobapta (genus) (A Geometer moth)

Hypobapta barnardi (Barnard's Grey)

Hypobapta diffundens (Diffundens Grey)

Female

Male

Male

Hypobapta percomptaria (Southern Grey)

Hypobapta tachyhalotaria (Varied Grey)

Male underside

Male

Female

Hypodoxa bryophylla (A Geometer moth (Geometrinae))

Hypodoxa muscosaria (Textured Emerald)

Hypomecis agoraea (Uniform Bark Moth)

Hypoperigea tonsa (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae)

Idaea (genus) (A Geometer Moth)

Idaea costaria (White-edged Wave)

Idaea ferrilinea (A Geometrid moth.)

Idaea halmaea (Two-spotted Wave)

Idaea inversata (Purple Wave)

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