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

Syneora fractata (Ennominae)

Syneora hemeropa (Ring-tipped Bark Moth)

Female

Male

Male

Syneora lithina (Stoney Barkmoth)

Syneora strixata (Long-winged Bark Moth)

Synoecha marmorata (A Hawk moth (Smerinthinae)

Syntonarcha vulnerata (A Crambid Moth (Odontinae)

Syringoseca mimica (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Syringoseca rhodoxantha (A Concealer moth (Wingia group))

Systatica xanthastis (Golden Xanthastis)

Steve Williams, Barraga Bay

Tachystola (genus)

Tachystola acroxantha (A Concealer moth)

Tachystola anthera (A Concealer moth (Chezala group))

Tachystola hemisema (Chezela Group)

Tachystola oxytora (Tachystola oxytora)

Tachystola sidonia (A Concealer moth (Chezala group))

Tachystola stenoptera (Chezela Group)

Tachystola thiasotis (A Concealer moth (Chezala group)

Tagalla plumbea (Barred Euteliid)

Talanga tolumnialis (Figleaf Moth)

Tamba conscripta (Variable Hookwing)

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