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

Tinea pellionella complex (Clothes moths (Tineidae))

Tinea sp. (genus) (A fungus moth)

Tinea undescribed species (A fungus moth)

Tineidae (family) (Clothes moths (Tineidae))

Tineodes adactylalis (A Tineidae moth)

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

Tineola bisselliella (Webbing Clothes Moth)

Tipanaea patulella (The White Crambid moth)

Tirathaba rufivena (Greater Coconut Spike Moth)

Tisobarica eranna (Tisobarica eranna)

Tisobarica pyrrhella (A Concealer moth)

Tisobarica thyteria (A concealer moth)

Titanoceros cataxantha (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae subfam.))

Tolpiodes oligolasia (An Erebid moth (Catacalini))

Tonica (genus) (A Flat-bodied moth (Depressidae fam.))

Tonica effractella (A Gelechioid moth (Depressidae))

Tortricidae (family)

Tortricinae (subfamily) (A tortrix moth)

Tortricinae provisional species 1

Tortricopsis aulacois (A Concealer moth)

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