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

Urostola magica (A Geometer moth (Ennominae))

Utetheisa (genus) (A tiger moth)

Utetheisa lotrix (Crotalaria Moth)

Utetheisa pulchelloides (Heliotrope Moth)

Shows 5 red spots on the trailing forewing edge clearly

Vacuana vacuana (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae))

Vinicia gypsopa (Phycitinae)

Vinicia sp. (genus) (Pyralid moth)

Visiana brujata (Brujata Carpet)

Wheeleria spilodactylus (Horehound plume moth)

Wingia aurata (Golden Leaf Moth)

Wingia Gp panchrysa (Wingia Gp panchrysa)

Wingia Gp phaeozona (Wingia Gp phaeozona)

Wingia lambertella

Wingia rectiorella (A Concealer moth)

Xanthodes transversa (Bagisarinae)

Xanthorhoe anaspila (Dark-patch Carpet)

Xanthorhoe percrassata (Broad-barred Carpet)

Xanthorhoe strumosata (Strumosata Carpet)

Xanthorhoe vacuaria (Vacuaria Carpet)

Xanthorhoe xanthospila (Yellow-spotted Carpet)

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