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

Symphyta sp. (genus) (A moth in the family Lasiocampidae)

Symphyta undescribed species (A Lasiocampid moth)

Sympycnodes (genus) (A Wood moth (Zeuzerinae)

Sympycnodes arachnophora (A Wood moth (Cossidae))

Sympycnodes digitata (A Cossid moth)

Sympycnodes dunnorum (A Wood moth (Zeuzerinae))

Sympycnodes epicycla (A Wood Moth)

Sympycnodes rhaptodes (A Wood moth (Cossidae))

Synanthedon tipuliformis (Currant Clear Wing, Currant Borer Moth)

Syncometes vilis (Barea Group)

Synemon (genus) (A Sun Moth (Castniidae)

Synemon collecta (Striated Sun Moth)

Synemon magnifica (A Sun Moth (Castniidae)

Synemon plana (Golden Sun Moth)

Female

Male

Syneora acrotypa (A Geometer moth (Ennominae))

Syneora euboliaria (Boarmiini, Geometer moth)

Female

Male Underside

Male

Syneora excursaria (Syneora excursaria)

Syneora fractata (Ennominae)

Syneora hemeropa (Ring-tipped Bark Moth)

Female

Male

Male

Syneora lithina (Stoney Barkmoth)

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