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

Thoracolopha verecunda (A Noctuid moth (Acronictinae))

Thorocolopha flexirena (Proteuxoa flexirena)

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

Threnosia heminephes (Halved Footman)

Threnosia myochroa (A moth)

Threnosia sp4 MoVic Pt2 (Lithosiini)

Thrincophora dryinodes (A tortrid moth)

Thrincophora impletana (a Tortrix moth)

Thrincophora inconcisana (A Tortricid moth)

Thrincophora lignigerana (A Tortricid moth)

Thrincophora signigerana (Dark Signed Tortrix Moth)

Thudaca circumdatella (Thudaca circumdatella)

Thudaca mimodora (A Gelechioid moth)

Thudaca obliquella (A Gelechioid moth (Hypertrophidae)

Thymiatris cephalochra (A Gelechioid moth (Xyloryctidae))

Thyridectis psephonoma (A Lacrurid moth (Lacturidae family))

Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Soybean Looper)

Tigrioides alterna (Alternating Footman)

Side view

Underside

Tinea monophthalma (A fungus moth)

Tinea pallescentella (Tineidae)

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