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

Cleora illustraria (A Geometer moth)

Underwing

Cleora injectaria (A Cleora Bark Moth)

Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Lesser rice leaf-roller)

Kerry Vance, Tathra

Coeranica eritima (A Concealer moth (Wingia group)

Coeranica isabella (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Coesyra cyclotoma (Chezela Group)

Coesyra phaeozona (A Concealer moth (Chezala Group))

Coleophora alcyonipennella (Clover Case-bearer)

Coleophoridae (Family) (Case Bearers)

Comocrus behri (Mistletoe Day Moth)

Comostola laesaria (A Geometrid moth (Geometrinae)

Compsotropha selenias (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Compsotropha strophiella (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Condica aroana (Small Condica Moth)

Conoeca guildingi (A case moth)

Conoeca or Lepidoscia (genera) IMMATURE (Unidentified Cone Case Moth larva, pupa, or case)

Conopomorpha heliopla (a Lizard Moth, Gracillariidae)

Conosara castanea (Forest Geometrid)

Constrictana catharia (A Leafroller moth (Tortricinae)

Constrictana group constrictana

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