List of moths of Australia (Zygaenidae)
Encyclopedia
The family
Zygaenidae
comprises the "forester and burnet moths", only species of the tribe Artonini (subfamily Procridinae
) are found in Australia
. This list 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...
Zygaenidae
Zygaenidae
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. There are about 1000 species. Various species are commonly known as Burnet or Forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots,...
comprises the "forester and burnet moths", only species of the tribe Artonini (subfamily Procridinae
Procridinae
Procridinae is a subfamily of the Zygaenidae family.-Genera:* Acoloithus Clemens, 1860* Adscita Retzius, 1783* Artona Walker, 1854* Australartona Tarmann, 2005 * Clelea Walker, 1854* Euclimaciopsis Tremewan, 1973...
) are found in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. This list acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
- Australartona mirabilisAustralartona mirabilisAustralartona mirabilis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in southern temperate mountain rainforests in New South Wales and southern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 8-8.5 mm. It is a weak flyer. Adults are on wing during the day....
Tarmann, 2005 - Hestiochora continentalisHestiochora continentalisHestiochora continentalis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from southern Queensland through New South Wales to Victoria and South Australia. It is also present in Western Australia....
Tarmann, 2005 - Hestiochora erythrotaHestiochora erythrotaHestiochora erythrota is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in New South Wales and Queensland.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1886 - Hestiochora furcataHestiochora furcataHestiochora furcata is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from southern Queensland through New South Wales to Victoria and South Australia....
Tarmann, 2005 - Hestiochora intermixtaHestiochora intermixtaHestiochora intermixta is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.-External links:**...
Tarmann, 2005 - Hestiochora occidentalisHestiochora occidentalisHestiochora occidentalis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is endemic to the temperate parts of Western Australia.The length of the forewings is 7.5-9 mm for males and 8.5-9 mm for females...
Tarmann, 2005 - Hestiochora queenslandensisHestiochora queenslandensisHestiochora queenslandensis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 7.5-9 mm for males and 8.5-10 mm for females. There are at least two generations per year....
Tarmann, 2005 - Hestiochora tricolorHestiochora tricolorHestiochora tricolor is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the southern half of Australia, including Tasmania.The wingspan is about 20 mm. The adults are rather wasp-like. They have black bodies with white bands, and a red collar around their heads...
(Walker, 1854) - Hestiochora xanthocomaHestiochora xanthocomaHestiochora xanthocoma is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the tropical parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland.The length of the forewings is 7-8 mm for males and 8-8.5 mm for females. The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are rather wasp-like. They have a black body with some...
Meyrick, 1886 - Homophylotis artonoidesHomophylotis artonoidesHomophylotis artonoides is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland .The length of the forewings is about 5 mm for males and females. The upperside of the forewings is dark greyish brown with a green tinge. The underside is yellowish grey proximally, but darker...
Tarmann, 2005 - Homophylotis pseudothyridotaHomophylotis pseudothyridotaHomophylotis pseudothyridota is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm for males and 5 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is dark greyish brown, sometimes with a faint greenish tinge. The underside is...
Tarmann, 2005 - Homophylotis thyridotaHomophylotis thyridotaHomophylotis thyridota is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm for males and 5 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is dark grey-brown, sometimes with a faint greenish tinge. The underside is paler...
Turner, 1904 - Myrtartona coroniasMyrtartona coroniasMyrtartona coronias is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Australia, from southern Queensland to Tasmania....
(Meyrick, 1886) - Myrtartona leucopleuraMyrtartona leucopleuraMyrtartona leucopleura is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory....
(Meyrick, 1886) - Myrtartona mariannaeMyrtartona mariannaeMyrtartona mariannae is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from Milmerran in south-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 8.5 mm for males. The wings are elongate. The forewing is slender and somewhat triangular, while the hindwing is almost rectangular but...
Tarmann, 2005 - Myrtartona rufiventrisMyrtartona rufiventrisMyrtartona rufiventris is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria.The length of the forewings is 9-10.5 mm for males and 7.5-8.5 mm for females. The forewings are blackish brown with scattered whitish scales...
(Walker, 1854) - Onceropyga aneliaOnceropyga aneliaOnceropyga anelia is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in eastern Queensland and the northern parts of eastern New South Wales....
Turner, 1906 - Onceropyga pulchraOnceropyga pulchraOnceropyga pulchra is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 6.5 mm for males and 8 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is dark brown with a slightly lighter spot at the end of the...
Tarmann, 2005 - Palmartona catoxantha (Hampson, 1893)
- Pollanisus acharonPollanisus acharonPollanisus acharon is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from the type specimen, a female probably collected in Cooktown in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 7 mm for females.-External links:**...
(Fabricius, 1775) - Pollanisus angustifronsPollanisus angustifronsPollanisus angustifrons is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 7-7.5 mm for males. Adults have only been collected in March and April, but there are probably two or more generations per year.-External links:**...
Tarmann, 2005 - Pollanisus apicalisPollanisus apicalisPollanisus apicalis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the eastern part of Australia ....
(Walker, 1854) - Pollanisus callicerosPollanisus callicerosPollanisus calliceros is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 6.5-8 mm for males...
Turner, 1926 - Pollanisus commoniPollanisus commoniPollanisus commoni is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found along the coast of north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 7-7.5 mm for males and 6.5-7.5 mm for females.Larvae have been reared on Dillenia alata.-External links:...
Tarmann, 2005 - Pollanisus contrastusPollanisus contrastusPollanisus contrastus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 6-7.5 mm for males and 6.5-7.5 mm for females. There are two generations per year.-External links:**...
Tarmann, 2005 - Pollanisus cupreusPollanisus cupreusPollanisus cupreus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Western Australia.The larvae probably feed on Hibbertia hypericoides.-External links:**...
Walker, 1854 - Pollanisus cyanotaPollanisus cyanotaPollanisus cyanota is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.The length of the forewings is 6-6.5 mm for males and females. There are two generations per year....
(Meyrick, 1886) - Pollanisus edwardsiPollanisus edwardsiPollanisus edwardsi is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from southern Queensland to Victoria.The length of the forewings is 9-11 mm for males and 7-8.5 mm for females, making it the largest species in the Pollanisus genus. There is one generation per year in Victoria and New South Wales...
Tarmann, 2005 - Pollanisus empyreaPollanisus empyreaPollanisus empyrea is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is endemic to the temperate parts of Western Australia.The length of the forewings is 8-8.5 mm for males and females...
(Meyrick, 1888) - Pollanisus eumetopusPollanisus eumetopusPollanisus eumetopus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found along the coast of north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 6-7 mm for males and 5.5-7.5 mm for females. There are probably multiple generations per year....
Turner, 1926 - Pollanisus eungellaePollanisus eungellaePollanisus eungellae is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from the type locality Eungella, an isolated rainforest area in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 6 mm for males and 6.5 mm for females....
Tarmann, 2005 - Pollanisus incertusPollanisus incertusPollanisus incertus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found along the coast of north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 8 mm for males and about 8.5 mm for females.The larvae feed on Tetracera nordtiana....
Tarmann, 2005 - Pollanisus isolatusPollanisus isolatusPollanisus isolatus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from the type location Beaconsfield in Victoria.The length of the forewings is about 7 mm for males.-External links:**...
Tarmann, 2005 - Pollanisus lithopastusPollanisus lithopastusPollanisus lithopastus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from northern New South Wales to Victoria and Tasmania. It is mostly found in mountainous areas at higher elevations, but has also been found at sea level, especially in Tasmania....
Turner, 1926 - Pollanisus modestusPollanisus modestusPollanisus modestus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from Clyde Mountain in New South Wales.The type location is a slightly damp heath-like clearing with Hibbertia species.The length of the forewings is about 7.5 mm for males....
Tarmann, 2005 - Pollanisus nielseniPollanisus nielseniPollanisus nielseni is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It inhabits Western Australia, mostly coastal areas, and has brilliantly shiny forewings. The diurnal adults are most active on sunny days. Eggs are laid on the plant Hibbertia spicata, and females touch each egg after oviposition with a...
Tarmann, 2005 - Pollanisus subdolosaPollanisus subdolosaPollanisus subdolosa is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Victoria and from south-eastern Queensland to New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 7.5-10.5 mm for males and 7-8 mm for females...
(Walker, 1865) - Pollanisus trimaculaPollanisus trimaculaPollanisus trimacula is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and eastern parts of New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 7.5-9.5 mm for males and 8-9 mm for females...
(Walker, 1854) - Pollanisus viridipulverulentaPollanisus viridipulverulentaThe Satin-Green Forester is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the eastern part of Australia ....
(Guérin-Méneville, 1839) - Pseudoamuria neglectaPseudoamuria neglectaPseudoamuria neglecta is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland.The length of the forewings is 7 mm for females. The wings are elongate. The upperside of the forewings is dark brownish grey, with a small divided yellow spot on the distal part of the cell. The...
Tarmann, 2005 - Pseudoamuria uptoniPseudoamuria uptoniPseudoamuria uptoni is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland .The length of the forewings is 6.5 mm for males and 7 mm for females. The wings are short. The upperside of the forewings is dark greenish grey with a purple sheen and the underside is whitish grey, but darker...
Tarmann, 2005 - Thyrassia inconcinnaThyrassia inconcinnaThyrassia inconcinna is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland.There are at least two generations per year.The length of the forewings is 10-11 mm for males and 12-12.5 mm for females...
Swinhoe, 1892 - Turneriprocris dolens (Walker, 1854)