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

Trigonodes hyppasia (Triangle Owlet)

Trismelasmos donovani (A Wood moth (Cossidae))

Trissernis ochrochlora (A Noctuid moth (Acontiinae subfamily0)

Tritopterna capyra (A tortrid moth)

Tritymba acrospila (Tritymba acrospila)

Tritymba dianipha (Plutellidae)

Tritymba pamphaea (Tritymba pamphaea)

Tritymba unidentified species (Plutellid moth)

Turneriprocris dolens (A Zygaenid moth)

Tylochares cosmiella

Tymbophora peltastis (A Xyloryctid moth (Xyloryctidae))

Unnamed genus and species (A Timber moth (subfamily Xyloryctidae))

Unplaced (Azelina) biplaga

Unplaced arachnitis (Small Fine-lined Carpet)

Unplaced asthenopa (Unplaced asthenopa)

Unplaced biplaga (Acute Point Moth)

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Unplaced desumpta (Unplaced desumpta)

Unplaced eucometis (A Pyralid moth (Phyccitinae))

Unplaced exesaria (Spotted Bark Moth)

Unplaced externaria (Mahogany Bark Moth (formerly Hypomecis externaria))

Male

Male underside

Underside

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