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

Halone (genus) (A Tiger moth)

Halone consolatrix (Marbled Halone)

Halone coryphoea (Eastern Halone moth)

Halone interspersa (Halone interspersa)

Halone prosenes (Pied Halone)

Halone pteridaula (a Lichen moth)

Halone sejuncta (Variable Halone)

Halone servilis (Grey Halone)

Halone sinuata (Rock Lichen Moth)

Hapaloteucha paragramma (Hapaloteucha paragramma)

Haplodyta polybotrya (A Concealer moth)

Haritalodes derogata (Spilomelinae)

Haritalodes obliqualis (Spilomelinae)

Hecatesia fenestrata (Common Whistling Moth)

Male

Female

Underside wings

Hectobrocha pentacyma (Five-banded Footman)

Hednota (genus) (A Crambid Snout Moth)

Hednota acontophora (A Crambid Moth)

Hednota argyroeles (a Crambid moth (Crambinae))

Hednota bivittella (Webworm)

Hednota crypsichroa (A Crambid moth)

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