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

Epitymbia sp. (genus)

Epyaxa (genus)

Epyaxa centroneura (Epyaxa centroneura)

Epyaxa sodaliata (Sodaliata Moth, Clover Moth)

Epyaxa subidaria (Subidaria Moth)

Female

Erebidae (family) (Unidentified immature Erebid moth)

Erechthias (genus) (A Clothes moth (Tinedae))

Erechthias acontistes (A Clothes moth (Tineidae))

Erechthias mystacinella (Tineidae)

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Erechthias simulans (A Clothes moth (Erechthiinae)

Eremnotypa steriphota (A Concealer Moth)

Eremochroa alphitias (Pale X-o Moth)

Eretmocera (genus) (Scythrididae family)

Eretmocera coracopis (A Scythrid moth (Scythrididae)

Ericibdela delotis (A Concealer moth)

Ericrypsina chorodoxa (A Chezela group moth)

Ericrypsina ductaria

Etanna clopaea (A Noctuid moth (family Nolidae))

Ethmia clytodoxa (An Ethmiid moth family: (Ethmiidae))

Ethmia eupostica (A Gelechioid moth (Ethmiidae))

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