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

Eulechria convictella (Eulechria convictella)

Euphiltra eroticella (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Euphona euphona (A Tortricid moth (Epitymbiini)

Euproctis marginalis (Margined Browntail Moth)

Female

Male

Eupselia iridizona (Hypertrophidae)

Eupselia melanostrepta (A Twig moth)

Eutorna diaula (A Gelechioid moth (Depressariidae))

Eutorna tricasis (A Depressariid moth)

Faveria tritalis (Couchgrass Webworm)

Fisera (genus) (Unidentified Fisera moths)

Fraus simulans (Varied Fraus Moth)

Garrha (genus) (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Garrha absumptella (Garrha absumptella)

Garrha carnea (A concealer moth)

Garrha leucerythra (A concealer moth)

Garrha ocellifera (A concealer moth)

Garrha phoenopis (Garrha phoenopis)

Garrha pudica (Modest Dullmoth)

Garrha repandula (a Concealer Moth)

Garrha rubella (A Concealer moth)

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