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

Doratifera pinguis (Pale Cup Moth)

Dryadaula anthracorma (A Clothes moth (Dryadaulinae, Tineidae)

Dysbatus sp1 MoV Pt4 (Diptychini)

Earias chlorodes (Pale Earias)

Eccymatoge callizona (White-spotted Carpet)

Ectopatria subrufescens (Reddish Saltbush Moth)

Ectopatria xerampelina (Noctuinae)

Ectropis excursaria (Common Bark Moth)

Female

Male

Male, underside.

Ectropis fractaria (Ringed Bark Moth)

Female

Elachista (genus) (Elachista)

Elhamma australasiae (Elhamma)

Endotricha ignealis (A Pyralid moth (Endotrichinae))

Endotricha pyrosalis (A Pyralid moth)

Endrosis sarcitrella (White-shouldered House Moth)

Entometa fervens (Common Gum Snout Moth)

Eochrois acutella (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Eochrois dejunctella (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Ephestiopsis oenobarella (a Phycitine moth)

Epicyme rubropunctaria (Red-spotted Delicate)

Underside

Epidesmia hypenaria (Long-nosed Epidesmia)

Male at night.

Female at night.

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