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

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)

Tritymba pamphaea (Tritymba pamphaea)

Tritymba Unverified species (Plutellid moth)

Turneriprocris dolens (A Zygaenid moth)

Tylochares cosmiella

Tymbophora peltastis (A Xyloryctid moth (Xyloryctidae))

Ubida ramostriellus (A Pyralid moth (Crambinae)

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

Unnamed genus and species (A Timber moth (subfamily Xyloryctidae))

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