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

Tracholena homopolia (Tortricinae)

Tracholena sulfurosa (A tortrix moth)

Trachydora (genus) (A Gelechioid moth)

Trachydora (genus) nr pygaea (A Gelechioid moth (Parametriotinae-Elachistidae)

Trachydora capnopa (A Cosmet moth)

Trachydora centromela (Cosmopterigidae.)

Trachydora musaea (Cosmopterigidae)

Trachydora pygaea (A Gelechioid moth)

Trichiocercus (genus) (A Noctuid moth)

Trichiocercus sparshalli (Sparshall's Moth)

Trichoptilus ceramodes (A Plume moth)

Trigonistis asthenopa (Tiny Snout)

Trigonistis demonias (Long-snouted Moth)

Trigonocyttara clandestina (Less-stick Case Moth)

Trigonodes hyppasia (Triangle Owlet)

Trismelasmos donovani (A Wood moth (Cossidae))

Trissernis ochrochlora (A Noctuid moth (Acontiinae subfamily0)

Tritopterna capyra (A tortrid moth)

Tritymba acrospila (Tritymba acrospila)

Tritymba dianipha (Plutellidae)

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