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 pulcherrima (Comely Box-Owlet)

Leptozestis (genus) (A Gelechioid moth (Cosmopterigidae)

Maliattha amorpha (Brown Bar Moth)

Maruca vitrata (Beanpod Borer)

Metasia delotypa (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Metasia polytima (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Mocis alterna (Bean Looper)

Nacoleia amphicedalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Nacoleia rhoeoalis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae)

Underside

Notarcha aurolinealis (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))

Nyctemera baulus (Asian Magpie Moth)

Ochrogaster lunifer (Bag-shelter moth)

Ocrasa albidalis (A Pyralid moth)

Omiodes diemenalis (Bean Leafroller)

Orthaga atribasalis (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae)

Orthaga seminivea (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschinae)

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