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

Stegommata sulfuratella (Banksia Leaf-Miner)

Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Dowdy Plume Moth)

Stericta bryomima (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae subfam.))

Stericta concisella (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae))

Stericta nephelodes (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae)

Sterictopsis sp. (A geometer moth)

Stibaroma (genus) (A Line moth)

Stibaroma sp. (Stibaroma sp.)

Paul Whitington, Wonboyn

Paul Whitington, Wonboyn

Paul Whitington, Wonboyn

Streniastis thermaea (A curved-horn moth)

Strepsicrates ejectana (Strepsicrates ejectana)

Strepsicrates infensa (an Olethreutine moth)

Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller)

Subfurcatana subfurcatana (A Tortricid moth)

Sufetula hemiophthalma (A Crambid moth)

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

Sympycnodes (genus) (A Wood moth (Zeuzerinae)

Syncometes vilis (Barea Group)

Synemon magnifica (A Sun Moth (Castniidae)

Syneora excursaria (Syneora excursaria)

Syneora hemeropa (Ring-tipped Bark Moth)

Female

Male

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