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

Fraus (genus) (A swift or ghost moth)

Fraus crocea (Pink Fraus)

Fraus fusca (Mountain Fraus)

Fraus simulans (Varied Fraus Moth)

Furcatrox (genus) (A Cape-moth)

Furcatrox procera (Ochre-rimmed Cape-moth)

Fuscicepsana fuscicepsana (A Tortricid moth)

Fuscicepsana undescribed species

Galleria mellonella (Greater Wax Moth)

Garrha (genus) (A concealer moth)

Garrha absumptella (Garrha absumptella)

Garrha atripunctatella (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Garrha carnea (A concealer moth)

Garrha costimacula (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Garrha idiosema (A concealer moth)

Garrha leucerythra (A concealer moth)

Garrha limbata (A Concealer moth)

Garrha ocellifera (A concealer moth)

Garrha paraderces (Wingia group)

Garrha phoenopis (Garrha phoenopis)

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