List of moths of Australia (Castniidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the Family
Castniidae
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Castniidae
Castniidae
Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with less than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically-marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
- Synemon austeraSynemon austeraSynemon austera is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia....
Meyrick, 1891 - Synemon brontiasSynemon brontiasSynemon brontias is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia....
Meyrick, 1891 - Synemon catocaloidesSynemon catocaloidesSynemon catocaloides is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including northern Western Australia.Adults have brown forewings with white markings, and red hindwings with dark brown markings....
Walker, 1865 - Synemon collectaSynemon collectaThe Striated Sun-moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The population in Victoria might represent an undescribed alied species....
Swinhoe, 1892 - Synemon directaSynemon directaThe White-banded Sun Moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia.The larvae feed on Lepidosperma gladiatum....
Westwood, 1877 - Synemon discalisSynemon discalisThe Small Orange-spotted Sun-moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.The wingspan is about 31 mm for males and 35 mm for females...
Strand, 1911 - Synemon gratiosaSynemon gratiosaThe Graceful Sun-Moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Western Australia, from Namburg National Park in the north to Mandurah in the south.The wingspan is 25-35 mm...
Westwood, 1877 - Synemon heliopisSynemon heliopisSynemon heliopis is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia.The larvae probably feed on the roots of Ecdeiocolea monostachya and Spartochloa scirpoidea....
Meyrick, 1891 - Synemon jcariaSynemon jcariaThe Reddish-orange Sun-moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Victoria.The wingspan is about 35 mm for males and 38 mm for females. Adults have brown forewings, each with two white spots. The hindwings are scarlet with brown markings.Adults are on wing from...
R. Felder, 1874 - Synemon laetaSynemon laetaSynemon laeta is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found along the east coast of Queensland.Adults have a brown pattern on their forewings and scarlet hindwings with a brown marginal and submarginal arc. Males show territorial behaviour, chasing other intruding males away.The larvae feed on...
Walker, 1854 - Synemon leucospilaSynemon leucospilaThe Yellow-spotted Sun Moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia....
Meyrick, 1891 - Synemon magnificaSynemon magnificaThe Magnificent Sun-Moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including New South Wales.The larvae feed on Lepidosperma viscidum. First instar larvae tunnel into the tiller where they feed internally on the tissues of the stem and leaf bases. Each larva attacks several...
Strand, 1911 - Synemon majaSynemon majaSynemon maja is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia....
Strand, 1911 - Synemon naisSynemon naisThe Orange Sun-moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Victoria, South Australia and south-eastern Western Australia....
Klug, 1850 - Synemon nothaSynemon nothaSynemon notha is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia.The head, body and forewings are dark brown. The latter irrorated and smeared in parts with greyish white scales, leaving some dark more or less indistinct transverse bands, although more...
Westwood, 1877 - Synemon nuptaSynemon nuptaSynemon nupta is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia.The head and body are brown, the abdomen with some reddish suffusions. The forewings are brown and densely suffused with greyish white in some parts, leaving places not suffused and thus forming...
Westwood, 1877 - Synemon obscurellaSynemon obscurellaSynemon obscurella is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia....
Westwood, 1877 - Synemon parthenoidesSynemon parthenoidesThe Orange-spotted Sunmoth or Link Moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia....
R. Felder, 1874 - Synemon phaeoptilaSynemon phaeoptilaSynemon phaeoptila is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including the Northern Territory and Queensland....
Turner, 1906 - Synemon planaSynemon planaSynemon plana, commonly known as the golden sun moth is a diurnal moth native to Australia.-Description:It is a medium-sized moth with clubbed antennae. The clubbed antennae are a notable feature of Synemon plana; most other moths have brushy antennae. The golden sun moth appears on the list of...
Walker, 1854 - Synemon seleneSynemon seleneThe Pale Sun-moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Victoria and South Australia.The wingspan is about 35 mm for males and 47 mm for females. The forewing upperside is predominantly light brown or greyish-brown with small black and white markings and pale fawn...
Klug, 1850 - Synemon sophiaSynemon sophiaSynemon sophia is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia.The anterior wings of the male are brown, clouded with grey and fuscous-brown. There is a dark cloud near the base and another at the end of the discoidal cell...
(White, 1841) - Synemon theresaSynemon theresaThe Cryptic Sun Moth is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including South Australia and Victoria.The wingspan is about 30 mm for males and 35 mm for females...
Doubleday, 1846 - Synemon wulwulamSynemon wulwulamSynemon wulwulam is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Australia, including Western Australia and the Northern Territory and Queensland....
Angel, 1951