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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Coequosa triangularis (Double-headed Hawk Moth)

Comocrus behri (Mistletoe Day Moth)

Conoeca or Lepidoscia (genera) IMMATURE (Unidentified Cone Case Moth larva, pupa, or case)

Cosmodes elegans (Green Blotched Moth)

Cryptoptila australana (Elderberry Leaf Roller Moth)

Cyme structa (Banded Lichen Moth)

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Dasypodia selenophora (Southern old lady moth)

Didymoctenia exsuperata (Thick-lined Bark Moth)

Doratifera quadriguttata (Four-spotted Cup Moth)

Endotricha ignealis (A Pyralid moth (Endotrichinae))

Endoxyla (genus) (Unknown Wood Moth)

Epicoma contristis (Yellow-spotted Epicoma Moth)

Epicoma melanospila (Black Spot Moth)

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820,002 sightings of 22,412 species from 14,123 members
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