ACONTIINAE of Australia
 including ANOBINAE,   AUTOBAINAE,   BAGISARINAE,   BOLETOBIINAE,   and EUSTROTIINAE
EREBIDAE,    NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@outlook.com)
and
Stella Crossley

ACONTIINAE

caterpillars
  
ACONTIINAE

pupae
  
ACONTIINAE

moths
  
ACONTIINAE

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In the Nielsen et al., this is listed as a subfamily of NOCTUIDE, but following the more recent paper Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) here this group of species is treated as a subfamily of EREBIDAE:

Some common Australian species of the 170 in ACONTIINAE are:

Acontia clerana : White Shoulder
Acontia crocata
Acontia detrita : Marbled Shoulder
Acontia elaeoa
Acontia nivipicta : Blotched Shoulder
Acontia thapsina

Alypophanes iridocosma

Amyna apicipuncta
Amyna axis
Amyna natalis : Ilima Moth
Amyna octo : Eight Spot
Amyna punctum

Ataboruza divisa
Ataboruza stragulata

Araeopteron canescens

Autoba abrupta
Autoba crassiuscula
Autoba dispar
Autoba latericolor
Autoba pectorora
Autoba rubra
Autoba silicula
Autoba sphragidota
Autoba versicolor

Carmara subcervina

Cerynea trogobasis

Chaograptis crystallodes

Clytoscopa iorrhoda

Coccidiphaga scitula

Cophanta funestalis

Corgatha ancistrodes : Extreme Hookwing
Corgatha dichionistis
Corgatha dipyra : Common Hookwing
Corgatha drosera : Beautiful Hookwing
Corgatha figuralis
Corgatha minuta
Corgatha molybdophaes : Encrusted Hookwing
Corgatha omopis : Grey-edged Hookwing
Corgatha sideropasta : Brown Hookwing

Daona detersalis

  • Decticryptis deleta

    Diastema tigris

  • Ecnomia hesychima

    Enispa niviceps
    Enispa parva
    Enispa phaeopa
    Enispa prolectus
    Enispa rhodopleura
    Enispa violacea

    Epopsima fasciolata

    Eublemma amphidasys
    Eublemma anachoresis
    Eublemma cochylioides Pink-barred Eublemma
    Eublemma dimidialis
    Eublemma glaucochroa
    Eublemma inconspicua : Inconspicuous Eublemma
    Eublemma leucodesma : White-barred Eublemma
    Eublemma lozostropha
    Eublemma marmaropa
    Eublemma pudica
    Eublemma ragusana
    Eublemma rivula
    Eublemma roseana
    Eublemma rufipuncta
    Eublemma vestalis

  • Eugatha thermochroa

    Eulocastra fasciata
    Eulocastra tripartita

    Eustrotia acroleuca

    Habrophyes xuthosoma

    Haplopseustis erythrias

    Heterorta plutonis

  • Himerois univittata

    Holocryptis phasianura : Gowned Moth

  • Hypobleta cymaea

    Hyposada aspersa
    Hyposada hydrocampata
    Hyposada postvittata

  • Lacistophenes hackeri

    Maliattha amorpha : Brown-bar Moth
    Maliattha ferrugina
    Maliattha ritsemae
    Maliattha signifera

    Mataeomera coccophaga : Brown Scale-moth
    Mataeomera ligata : Black-tipped Scale-moth
    Mataeomera mesotaenia : Large Scale-moth

    Metachrostis paurograpta

  • Metasada polycesta

  • Micraeschus rufipallens

    Micrapatetis leucozona
    Micrapatetis orthozona

  • Microedma extorris

    Narangodes nigridiscata : Heart-spots

    Oruza crocodeta
    Oruza leucostigma

  • Oruza lithochroma

    Ozarba chrysaspis : Bright Zarb
    Ozarba punctigera : Black-spotted Zarb

    Parerastria castaneata

  • Peperita molybdopasta

    Pseudephyra straminea

    Pseudozarba orthopetes : Neat-lined Zarb

    Pyripnoa auricularia

  • Pyripnoa pyraspis

    Sarrothripa baeopis

    Selenis semilux

  • Tabomeeres dolera

    Technemon epichares

  • Thaumasiodes eurymitra

    Thermesia cariosa

  • Trissernis prasinoscia

  • Vescisa digona

    Xanthograpta glycychroa
    Xanthograpta purpurascens

  • Xenopseustis poecilastis

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    (updated 1 November 2014, 29 September 2018)

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