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

Monopis argillacea (A Clothes moth (Tineidae))

Monopis crocicapitella (Bird Nest Moth)

Monopis ethelella (Dead Sheep's Moth)

Monopis icterogastra (Wool Moth)

Monopis meliorella (Blotched Monopis Moth)

Mormoscopa sordescens (An Erebid moth (Herminiinae))

Morosaphycita poliochyta (Orange marked Pyralid)

Mythimna (Pseudaletia) convecta (Common Armyworm)

Nacoleia rhoeoalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Underside

Neumichtis nigerrima (Black Turnip Moth)

Niceteria macrocosma (Showy Geometrid)

Niditinea fuscella (Brown-dotted Clothes Moth)

Nola pleurosema (Plain Tuft-moth)

Nomophila corticalis (A Snout Moth)

Ocrasa acerasta (A Pyralid moth)

Ocrasa albidalis (A Pyralid moth)

Ocystola paulinella (A Concealer Moth)

Oecophoridae (family) (Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth)

https://webapi.naturemapr.org/Api/Sightings/3851167/Image/1

Oenochroma vinaria (Pink-bellied Moth, Hakea Wine Moth)

Oenosandra boisduvalii (Boisduval's Autumn Moth)

Male

Female

Male on the left female on the right.

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