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

Synemon plana (Golden Sun Moth)

Synemon sp. (genus) (A Sun Moth)

Syneora acrotypa (A Geometer moth (Ennominae))

Syneora euboliaria (Boarmiini, Geometer moth)

Syneora excursaria (Syneora excursaria)

Syneora fractata (Ennominae)

Syneora hemeropa (Ring-tipped Bark Moth)

Syneora lithina (Stoney Barkmoth)

Syneora strixata (Long-winged Bark Moth)

Syntonarcha iriastis (Iriastis Moth)

Syntonarcha vulnerata (A Crambid Moth)

Syringoseca mimica (A Concealer moth (Wingia Group))

Syringoseca rhodoxantha (A concealer moth)

Systatica xanthastis (Golden Xanthastis)

Tachystola (genus)

Tachystola acroxantha (A Concealer moth)

Tachystola anthera (A Concealer moth (Chezala group))

Tachystola hemisema (A Concealer moth)

Tachystola oxytora (Tachystola oxytora)

Tachystola stenoptera (Chezela Group)

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