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

Tineodes adactylalis (A Tineidae moth)

Tineoidea (superfamily) (Clothes and Bag moths, and close relatives)

Tipanaea patulella (The White Crambid moth)

Tisobarica eranna (Tisobarica eranna)

Tolpiodes oligolasia (An Erebid moth (Catacalini))

Tonica effractella (A Gelechioid moth (Depressidae))

Tortricidae (family)

Tortricinae (subfamily) (A tortrix moth)

Tortricopsis pyroptis (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Tortricopsis uncinella (A concealer moth)

dorsal view

lateral view

underside

Trichiocercus sparshalli (Sparshall's Moth)

Trigonistis asthenopa (Tiny Snout)

Trigonistis demonias (Long-snouted Moth)

Trigonodes hyppasia (Triangle Owlet)

Trismelasmos donovani (A Wood moth (Cossidae))

Tritopterna capyra (A tortrid moth)

Tritymba acrospila (Tritymba acrospila)

Tritymba pamphaea (Tritymba pamphaea)

Undescribed species Boarmiini tribe (A Geometer moth (Ennominae))

Unplaced (Azelina) biplaga

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