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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Cruria donowani (Crow or Donovan's Day Moth)

Cruria synopla (Forest Day-moth)

Cyme structa (Banded Lichen Moth)

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Dasypodia cymatodes (Northern old lady moth)

Diaphania indica (Cucumber Moth, Spilomelinae)

Donuca castalia (An Erebid moth (Catocalini))

Underside
Female

Donuca rubropicta (White Banded Noctuid Moth)

Egone bipunctalis (Eastern Two-spot)

Elophila difflualis (A Crembid moth (Acentropinae)

Endotricha mesenterialis (A Pyralid moth (Endotrichinae)

Entometa guttarilis (Spotted Gum Moth)

Epicoma IMMATURE (genus) (A Prominent moth (Thaumetopoeinae)

Epidesmia reservata (A Geometer moth (Oenochrominae))

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