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

Theretra latreillii (Pale Brown Hawk Moth)

Theretra margarita

Theretra nessus (Yam Hawk Moth (Macroglossinae)

Theretra oldenlandiae (Impatiens Hawk Moth)

Caterpillar

Theretra queenslandi (Queensland Hawk Moth)

Dorsal

Lateral

Ventral

Theretra silhetensis (Brown-banded hunter hawkmoth)

Theretra turneri (Hawk Moth)

Thereutis chionozyga

Thiotricha anticentra (A Twirler moth (Thiotrichinae))

Thomintarra primaeva (A Tineid moth (Tineinae))

Thoracolopha (genus) (A Noctuid moth)

Thoracolopha argonephra (Acronictinae)

Thoracolopha flexirena (Zoned Noctuid)

Thoracolopha melanographa (Acronictinae)

Thoracolopha sp. (2) (MoV, Part 9) (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae))

Thoracolopha sp. (6) (MoV, Part 9) (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae))

Thoracolopha verecunda (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae))

Threnosia (genus) (A Tiger moth (Lithosiini))

Threnosia heminephes (Halved Footman)

Threnosia myochroa (A moth)

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