Moth (Lepidoptera) field guide


Useful references:

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



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Grammodes oculicola (Small-eyed Box-Owlet)

Grammodes pulcherrima (Comely Box-Owlet)

Hednota argyroeles (a Crambid moth (Crambinae))

Heliosia perichares (A Tiger moth)

Homodes bracteigutta (An Erebid moth (Catocalini)

Homona trachyptera (A Tortricid moth (Archipini)

Leucania (Leucania) cruegeri (Creuger's Noctuid)

Lomera lurida (Lomera lurida)

Macrobathra (genus) (A Cosmet moth (Cosmopteriginae)

Margarosticha (genus) (A Crambid moth (Acentropinae)

Margarosticha repetitalis (A Crambid moth (Acentropinae)

Mocis alterna (Bean Looper)

Neola semiaurata (Wattle Notodontid Moth)

Niphopyralis chionesis (A Crambid moth (Wurthinae)

Nomophila corticalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Nyctemera baulus (Asian Magpie Moth)

Ochrogaster lunifer (Bag-shelter moth)

Ocrasa acerasta (A Pyralid moth)

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