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

Pterolocera leucocera (Anthelidae)

Pterophoridae (family) (A Plume Moth)

Ptilomacra senex (Cossid Moth or 'Wood Moth')

Ptyoptila matutinella (Wingia Group)

Pyraloidea (unidentified Pyraloid moth) (A Pyraloid moth (Pyraloidea))

Pytinaea group

Paul Whitington, Wonboyn

Rhadinoloba (genus) (A Concealer moth (Wingia group)

Rhapsa eretmophora (Rounded Rhapsa)

Rhapsa suscitatalis (Wedged Rhapsa)

Male underside

Male underside

Rhuma (genus) (A Geometer moth)

Rhuma divergens (Webbed Grey)

Rupicolana GROUP (Rupicolana GROUP)

Rupicolana orthias (A tortrix or leafroller moth)

Salma ebenina (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae))

Salma pyrastis (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae subfam.))

Saphezona pholidoxantha (A concealer moth (Wingia group))

Saropla sp. (genus) (A concealer moth)

Sarotorna mesoleuca (A curved-horn moth)

Sauris malaca (A Geometer moth (Larentiinae)

Sceliodes cordalis (Eggfruit Caterpillar, Poroporo Fruit Borer)

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