List of moths of Australia (Limacodidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the Family
Limacodidae
. 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...
Limacodidae
Limacodidae
Limacodidae or Euclidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea; the placement is in dispute. They are often called slug moths because their caterpillars bear a distinct resemblance to slugs...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
- Anaxidia lacteaAnaxidia lacteaAnaxidia lactea is a moth of the Limacodidae family found in Australia, including Western Australia.-External links:**...
Swinhoe, 1892 - Anaxidia lozogrammaAnaxidia lozogrammaAnaxidia lozogramma is a moth of the Limacodidae family found in Australia, in coastal and subcoastal areas from the Atherton tableland to Eungella in northern Queensland and from southern Queensland to Mount Keira in New South Wales....
(Turner, 1902) - Anepopsia eugyra Turner, 1926
- Anepopsia tephraea Turner, 1926
- Apodecta monodisca Turner, 1902
- Birthamoides plagioscia Turner, 1902
- Calcarifera ordinataCalcarifera ordinataThe Wattle Cup Caterpillar is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is widespread in northern Australia, south to Geraldton, Alice Springs and Brisbane....
(Butler, 1886) - Chalcocelis albiguttatus (Snellen, 1879)
- Chalcocelis castanica Turner, 1926
- Comana albibasis Walker, 1862
- Comana collaris Walker, 1865
- Comana corones (Fabricius, 1775)
- Comana cosmocalla Lower, 1902
- Comana euryparoa Turner, 1927
- Comana idiomorpa
- Comana inexpectata Hering, 1931
- Comana miltochyta (Turner, 1932)
- Comana miltogramma Meyrick, 1891
- Comana mjobergi (Aurivillius, 1920)
- Comana monomorpha Turner, 1904
- Comana resplendens (Turner, 1926)
- Comanula uniformis Swinhoe, 1892
- Doratifera casta (Scott, 1864)
- Doratifera corallina Turner, 1902
- Doratifera ochroptila Turner, 1926
- Doratifera oxleyiDoratifera oxleyiThe Painted Cup Moth is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as South Australia and Tasmania.The wingspan is about 50 mm for females and 20 mm for males....
(Newman, 1855) - Doratifera pinguisDoratifera pinguisDoratifera pinguis, sometimes referred to as the Painted Cup Moth, although this name is usually applied to Doratifera oxleyi, is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found over the whole eastern seaboard of Australia....
Walker, 1855 - Doratifera quadriguttataDoratifera quadriguttataThe Four Spotted Cup Moth is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in Australia.The larvae feed on Tristaniopsis laurina, Lophostemon confertus, Rhizophora stylosa and Acacia and Eucalyptus species....
(Walker, 1855) - Doratifera stenora Turner, 1902
- Doratifera vulnerans (Lewin, 1805)
- Ecnomoctena brachyopa Lower, 1897
- Ecnomoctena hemitoma Turner, 1926
- Ecnomoctena sciobaphes Turner, 1941
- Elassoptila microxutha Turner, 1902
- Eloasa acrata (Turner, 1926)
- Eloasa atmodes (Turner, 1902)
- Eloasa bombycoides (Felder, 1874)
- Eloasa brevipennis (Hering, 1931)
- Eloasa calida Walker
- Eloasa callidesma (Lower, 1869)
- Eloasa infrequens (Scott, 1864)
- Eloasa liosarca (Lower, 1902)
- Eloasa luxa Swinhoe, 1902
- Eloasa perixera (Lower, 1902)
- Eloasa sphemosema
- Eloasa symphonistis (Turner, 1936)
- Hedraea quadridens Lucas, 1901
- Hydroclada antigona Meyrick, 1889
- Lamprolepida chrysochroa Felder, 1874
- Limacochara pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1904
- Mambara haplopis Turner, 1906
- Mambara delocrossa Hering, 1931
- Mecytha dnophera (Turner 1931)
- Mecytha fasciata (Walker, 1855)
- Parasoidea albicollaris Hering, 1931
- Parasoidea neurocausta (Turner, 1926)
- Parasoidea paroa (Turner, 1902)
- Praesusica placerodes (Turner, 1926)
- Pseudanapaea denotata (Walker, 1865)
- Pseudanapaea dentifascia Hering, 1931
- Pseudanapaea transvestitaPseudanapaea transvestitaThe Orange Cup Moth, Pseudanapaea transvestita, is a species of moth of the Limacodidae family. It is found in the east of Australia....
Hering, 1931 - Pygmaeomorpha aquila (H. Druce, 1899)
- Pygmaeomorpha modesta Bethune-Baker, 1904
- Pygmaeomorpha ocularis (T.P. Lucas, 1895)
- Scopelodes dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1904
- Scopelodes nitens Bethune-Baker, 1904
- Squamosa barymorpha (Turner, 1942)
- Thosea penthima Turner, 1902
- Thosea threnopis Turner, 1931