Moth (Lepidoptera) field guide


Useful references:

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



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Cycloprorodes melanoxysta (Black-edged Geometrid)

Cycloprorodes melanoxysta (Black-edged Geometrid)

Damias procrena (Procrena Footman)

Dasygaster padockina (Tasmanian Cutworm)

Dasypodia selenophora (Southern old lady moth)

Destolmia lineata (Streaked Notodontid Moth)

Diarsia intermixta (Chevron Cutworm, Orange Peel Moth.)

Underside

Dichromodes stilbiata (White-barred Heath Moth)

Didymoctenia exsuperata (Thick-lined Bark Moth)

Digama marmorea (An Erebid moth)

Dryadaula anthracorma (A Clothes moth (Dryadaulinae, Tineidae)

Dysbatus sp1 MoV Pt4 (Diptychini)

Eccymatoge callizona (White-spotted Carpet)

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