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

Blastobasis (genus)

Blastobasis scotia (Gelechioidea)

Blastobasis tarda (Gelechioidea)

Bleszynskia malacelloides (A Crambid moth)

Boarmiini (tribe) (Unidentified Looper moth)

Bondia nigella (A Fruitworm moth (Family Carposinidae))

Brunia replana (Lichen-eating Caterpillar)

photo John Tann (ALA)

Cadra cautella (Almond Moth)

Calamidia hirta (Calamidia hirta)

Calamotropha delatalis (a Crambid moth (Crambinae))

Calamotropha sp. ANIC2 (Crambinae)

Calathusa ischnodes (An Erebid moth)

Calathusa sp nr dispila

Callionyma sarcodes (A Galleriinae moth)

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

Callithauma callianthes (A concealer moth)

Caloptilia azaleella (Azalea Leafminer)

Canuza euspilella (A Crambid moth)

Capua dura (A Tortricid moth)

Capua intractana (A Tortricid moth)

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