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

Nola pleurosema (Plain Tuft-moth)

Nola pothina (Pothina Tuft-moth)

Nola tetralopha (A Nolid moth)

Nola tornotis (A Noctuid moth (Nolidae)

Nola vernalis (Dagger Tuft Moth)

Nolidae (family) (Unidentified nolid moths)

Nolinae immature moth (A Hatted moth)

Nomophila corticalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Notocrambus cuprealis (Scopariinae)

Notodryas (genus) (A Concealer moth (Chezala group)

Notodryas vallata (Notodryas vallata)

Nyctemera (genus) (A Tiger moth (Arctiini))

Nyctemera amicus (Senecio Moth, Magpie Moth, Cineraria Moth)

Male

Larva

Underside

Nyctereutica sp. (genus)

Ocrasa acerasta (A Pyralid moth)

Ocrasa albidalis (A Pyralid moth)

Ocystola crystallina (A Concealer moth)

Ocystola paulinella (A Concealer Moth)

Oecobia frauenfeldi (Frauenfeld's Casemoth)

Oecophoridae (family) (Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth)

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