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

Hypobapta diffundens (Diffundens Grey)

Female

Male

Male

Hypobapta percomptaria (Southern Grey)

Hypobapta tachyhalotaria (Varied Grey)

Male underside

Male

Female

Hypodoxa muscosaria (Textured Emerald)

Hypoperigea tonsa (A noctuid moth)

Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes (Clearwing Persimmon Borer)

Idaea (genus) (A Geometer Moth)

Idaea costaria (White-edged Wave)

Idaea ferrilinea (A Geometrid moth.)

Idaea halmaea (Two-spotted Wave)

Idaea inquinata (Rusty Wave)

Idaea inversata (Purple Wave)

Idaea nephelota (Clouded Wave)

Idaea philocosma (Flecked Wave)

Idalima affinis (A day flying moth)

Idiodes (genus) (A Geometer moth (Ennominae))

Idiodes apicata (Bracken Moth)

Idiodes siculoides (Straight-winged Bracken Moth)

Illidgea epigramma (A Gelechioid moth)

Imbophorus aptalis (White Plume Moth)

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