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

Australothis rubrescens (Indian Weed Caterpillar)

Austrocarea iocephala (Broad-headed Moth)

Austroterpna paratorna (Rounded Grey (Geometrinae))

Male

Female

Underside

Austroterpna undescribed species (A Geometer moth (Geometrinae))

Autarotis milvellus (Crambinae)

Authaemon stenonipha (Pale-bordered Cape-moth (Ennominae))

Bactra (genus) (an Olethreutine moth)

Baeoptila oculalis (A Crambid Moth)

Balanomis encyclia (Balanomis encyclia)

Barea (genus) (A concealer moth)

Barea atmophora (A Concealer moth)

Barea basigramma (a Concealer Moth)

Barea bathrochorda (A Concealer moth (Barea group)

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)

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