Moth (Lepidoptera) field guide


Useful references:

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



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Barea basigramma (a Concealer Moth)

Barea bathrochorda (A Concealer moth)

Barea codrella (A concealer moth)

Barea confusella (A Concealer moth)

Barea consignatella (A concealer moth)

Barea dryocoetes (A Concealer moth (Barea Group))

Barea eucapnodes (A Concealer moth (Barea Group))

Barea exarcha (Spotty Barea)

Barea melanodelta (A Barea Moth)

Barea phaeomochla (Barea phaeomochla)

Barea subviridella (A Concealer moth)

Barea zygophora (Concealer Moth)

Bathytricha aethalion (Forest Maned Moth)

Bathytricha leonina (Orange Maned Moth)

Batrachedra (genus) (The single genus of family Batrachedridae)

Bedellia somnulentella (Sweet Potato Leaf Miner)

Blastobasis scotia (Gelechioidea)

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