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

Leptozestis peroneta (Leptozestis peroneta)

Leucania abdominalis (Leucania abdominalis)

Leucania diatrecta (A Noctuid moth)

Leucania stenographa (Sugar Cane Armyworm)

Side view

Underside

Leucania uda (A Noctuid moth)

Female

Male

Male

Leuroperna sera (A Plutellid moth)

Lichenaula (genus)

Lichenaula arisema (A Xyloryctine moth)

Lichenaula calligrapha (A curved-horn moth)

ALA Image

Lichenaula lichenea (Lichenaula lichenea)

ALA Image

Lichenaula onychotypa (Lichenaula onychotypa)

Lichenaula tholodes (Lichenaula tholodes)

Limnaecia (genus) (A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae)

Limnaecia camptosema (A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae)

Limnaecia chionospila (Cosmopterigid)

Limnaecia cirrhozona (A Gelechioid moth)

Limnaecia polycydista (Cosmopteriginae)

Linosticha cyclophragma (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Liometopa rectilinea (Liometopa rectilinea)

Lithilaria ossicolor (Bone Moth)

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