| 1. | Wing mostly or completely pale; relatively large species (ca. 8.0–10.0 mm forewing length); hypocauda present as a relatively short, blunt process | 2 |
| – | Wing dark infuscate to stark maculate; size variable, but usually less than 9.0 mm forewing length; hypocauda as elongate process (rarely greatly reduced to a knob) | 3 |
| 2. | Wing with costal field dark | Stenobiella kaikai Aspöck & Aspöck |
| – | Wing uniformly pale | Stenobiella arrunja Aspöck & Aspöck |
| 3. | Male paramere-mediuncus complex relatively small (cf. Aspöck and Aspöck 1984: figs 21, 31) | 4 |
| – | Male paramere-mediuncus complex relatively large (Fig. 3A–B) | 5 |
| 4. | Black scale-like setae present on both wings | Stenobiella cardaleae Aspöck & Aspöck |
| – | Black scale-like setae absent on both wings | Stenobiella muellerorum Aspöck & Aspöck |
| 5. | Female hypocauda knob-like; spermatheca large; paramere-mediuncus complex shape as in Aspöck and Aspöck (1984: fig. 11) | Stenobiella pindana Aspöck & Aspöck |
| – | Female hypocauda elongate; spermatheca smaller; paramere-mediuncus complex shape as in Figure 3 A–C | 6 |
| 6. | Scales on forewing present | Stenobiella moma Aspöck & Aspöck |
| – | Scales on forewing absent | 7 |
| 7. | Wing largely uniform infuscate but not distinctly maculate | Stenobiella pulla Kimmins, Stenobiella gallardi Tillyard, Stenobiella hirsutissima Tillyard |
| – | Wing distinctly maculate | 8 |
| 8. | Costal field with alternating dark and pale regions to forewing tip (cf. Aspöck and Aspöck 1984: fig. 46–47); hypandrium apex relatively tapered; paramere-mediuncus shape as in Aspöck and Aspöck 1984: figs 3–4 (Northern Territory) | Stenobiella theischingerorum Aspöck & Aspöck |
| – | Costal field with alternating dark and pale regions to forewing tip but with distinct pale area midway (Fig. 2A); hypandrium apex not as acutely tapered; paramere-mediuncus shape as in Fig. 3A–C (New South Wales) | Stenobiella variola sp. n. |