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

Spodoptera litura (Cluster Caterpillar, Tobacco Cutworm)

Cluster Caterpillar

Spodoptera mauritia (Lawn Armyworm)

Spodoptera picta (Lily Caterpillar)

Spoladea recurvalis (Beet Webworm)

Spoladea recurvis (Beet Webworm)

Stathmopoda (genus) (A curved-horn moth)

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Stathmopoda cephalaea (A Lizard moth (Stathmopodidae)

Stathmopoda crocophanes (Yellow Stathmopoda Moth)

Stathmopoda lethonoa (Stathmopoda lethonoa)

Stegommata sulfuratella (Banksia Leaf-Miner)

Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Dowdy Plume Moth)

Stericta bryomima (A Pyralid moth)

Stericta concisella (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae))

Stericta nephelodes (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae)

Sterictopsis sp. (A geometer moth)

Stibaroma (genus) (A Line moth)

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

Streniastis thermaea (A curved-horn moth)

Strepsicrates ejectana (Strepsicrates ejectana)

Strepsicrates infensa (an Olethreutine moth)

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