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

Cyclophora obstataria (A geometer moth)

Cycloprorodes melanoxysta (Black-edged Geometrid)

Cycloprorodes melanoxysta (Black-edged Geometrid)

Cyclotorna egena (An Ant worm (Cyclotornidae)

Cyclotorna sp. (Cyclotorna sp.)

Cydia pomonella (Codling Moth)

Cymatophora aspera (Varied Geometrid)

Cyme structa (Banded Lichen Moth)

ALA image

Cyneoterpna wilsoni (Cyneoterpna wilsoni)

Male

Female

Male underside

Damias (genus) (A Tiger moth (Lithosiini))

Damias procrena (Procrena Footman)

Damias sp. (Damias sp.)

Graeme Cocks

Dascia sagittifera (A Stem Borer moth (Lyonetiidae))

Dasygaster (genus) (A Noctuid moth)

Dasygaster (genus) (A Noctuid (Hadeninae))

Kerry Vance, Tathra

Dasygaster ligniplena (Xylina ligniplena) (A Noctuid moth (Hadeninae))

Dasygaster padockina (Tasmanian Cutworm)

Dasypodia cymatodes (Northern old lady moth)

Dasypodia selenophora (Southern old lady moth)

Decatopseustis cataphanes (A Gelechioid moth (Pexicopiinae))

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