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

Rhuma (genus) (A Geometer moth)

Rhuma argyraspis (Webbed Grey)

Male

Male underside

Female

Rhuma subaurata (A Geometer moth)

Rhynchina obliqualis (A Noctuid moth)

Rhynchopsota rhyncophora (A Geometer moth (Diptychini)

Rupicolana GROUP (Rupicolana GROUP)

Rupicolana orthias (A tortrix or leafroller moth)

Rupicolana rupicolana (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae))

Rupicolana stereodes (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae))

Salma (genus) (A Pyralid moth)

Salma cinerascens (A Pyralid moth)

Salma marmorea (A Pyralid moth)

Salma pyrastis (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae)

Sandava scitisignata (Fungi Snout, Hypeninae)

Male

Underside

Sandava xylistis (Rusty Snout)

Underside

Satrapia thesaurina

Saturniidae (family, pupa, unidentified species)

Sauris malaca (A Geometer moth (Larentiinae)

Scatochresis episema (A scat moth)

Sceliodes cordalis (Eggfruit Caterpillar, Poroporo Fruit Borer)

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