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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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Boarmiini (tribe) (Unidentified Looper moth (Ennominae))

Bondia nigella (A Fruitworm moth (Family Carposinidae))

Borkenhausia macroptera (Borkenhausia macroptera)

Brachybelistis pentachroa (A Gelechioid moth (Xyloryctidae))

Buzara latizona (An Erebid moth (Erebinae)

Calamidia hirta (Calamidia hirta)

Calamotropha delatalis (a Crambid moth (Crambinae))

Calathusa (genus) (a Calathusa Moth (Erebidae, Hypeninae))

Calathusa allopis (Patched Calathusa)

Calathusa basicunea (Eastern Calathusa)

Calathusa eremna (Calathusa eremna)

Calathusa hypotherma (Calathusa hypotherma)

Calathusa ischnodes (An Erebid moth)

Calathusa mesospila (Spotted Calathusa)

Calcarifera ordinata (Wattle Cup Caterpillar (Limacodidae)

Callionyma sarcodes (A Galleriinae moth)

Calliteara (genus) (A Tussock Moth (Lymantriinae))

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