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

Helicoverpa (genus) (A bollworm)

Helicoverpa armigera (Cotton bollworm, Corn earworm)

Helicoverpa punctigera (Native Budworm)

Heliocheilus moribunda (A Noctuid moth)

Heliocosma argyroleuca (A tortrix or leafroller moth)

Heliothinae (subfamily) (Budworm)

Hellula hydralis (Cabbage Centre Moth)

Hepialidae (family) (Unidentified Swift or Ghost Moth)

Heteromicta pachytera (Galleriinae subfamily moth)

Heteroteucha dichroella (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Heteroteucha occidua (A concealer moth (Wingia group))

Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth)

Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House Moth)

Holocola (genus) (Olethreutinae)

Holocola phaeoscia (Olethreutinae)

Homoeosoma vagella (Macadamia Flower Caterpillar)

Hoplostega ochroma (a Eulechria Group moth)

Hyalarcta nigrescens (Ribbed Case Moth)

Hygraula nitens (Pond Moth)

Hypertropha chlaenota (A Gelechioid moth)

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