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

Spilonota constrictana (A Tortricid moth)

Spodoptera exigua (Beet Armyworm)

Stangeia xerodes (A plume moth)

Stathmopoda chalcotypa (Concealer moth)

Stathmopoda crocophanes (Yellow Stathmopoda Moth)

Stathmopoda hyposcia (A Gelechioid moth)

Stathmopoda lethonoa (Stathmopoda lethonoa)

Stathmopoda melanochra (An Oecophorid moth (Eriococcus caterpillar))

Stericta bryomima (A Pyralid moth (Epipaschiinae subfam.))

Stericta carbonalis (Charcoal Pyralid)

Stictochila (genus) (A Concealer moth (Wingia group)

Stictochila sarcoptera

Strepsicrates macropetana (Eucalyptus Leafroller)

Syncometes vilis (Barea Group)

Syneora fractata (Ennominae)

Syringoseca rhodoxantha (A concealer moth)

Tachystola acroxantha (A Concealer moth)

Tachystola hemisema (A Concealer moth)

Tachystola stenoptera (Chezela Group)

Tebenna micalis (Small Thistle Moth)

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