ACONTIINAE of Australia
synonym : EUSTROTIINAE
NOCTUIDAE ,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 7 January 2012)

ACONTIINAE

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Some common Australian species of the 170 in ACONTIINAE are:

Acontia clerana
Acontia crocata
Acontia detrita
Acontia elaeoa
Acontia nivipicta
Acontia thapsina

Alypophanes iridocosma

Amyna apicipuncta
Amyna axis

  • Araeopteron canescens

    Autoba abrupta
    Autoba crassiuscula
    Autoba dispar
    Autoba pectorora
    Autoba rubra

  • Autoba silicula
    Autoba sphragidota
    Autoba versicolor

  • Carmara subcervina

    Cerynea trogobasis

  • Chaograptis crystallodes

    Clytoscopa iorrhoda

  • Clytoscopa serena

    Coccidiphaga scitula

  • Cophanta funestalis

  • Corgatha ancistrodes
    Corgatha dichionistis
    Corgatha dipyra
    Corgatha figuralis
    Corgatha minuta
  • Corgatha ochrobapta
    Corgatha omopis
  • Corgatha semipardata
    Corgatha sideropasta

  • Decticryptis deleta

  • Diastema tigris

  • Ecnomia hesychima

    Enispa niviceps
    Enispa parva
    Enispa prolectus
    Enispa rhodopleura
    Enispa violacea

    Epopsima fasciolata

    Eublemma anachoresis
    Eublemma cochylioides
    Eublemma dimidialis
    Eublemma inconspicua
    Eublemma leucodesma
    Eublemma lozostropha
    Eublemma pudica
    Eublemma ragusana
    Eublemma rivula
    Eublemma roseana
    Eublemma rufipuncta
    Eublemma vestalis

  • Eugatha thermochroa

    Eulocastra fasciata

  • Eustrotia papuensis

    Habrophyes xuthosoma

  • Haplopseustis erythrias

  • Heterorta plutonis

  • Himerois univittata

  • Holocryptis phasianura

  • Hypobleta cymaea

    Hyposada hydrocampata
    Hyposada postvittata

  • Lacistophenes hackeri

    Maliattha amorpha
    Maliattha ferrugina
    Maliattha ritsemae
    Maliattha signifera

    Mataeomera ligata
    Mataeomera mesotaenia

    Metachrostis paurograpta

  • Metasada polycesta

  • Micraeschus rufipallens

    Micrapatetis leucozona
    Micrapatetis orthozona

  • Microedma extorris

  • Narangodes nigridiscata

  • Oruza crocodeta
  • Oruza lithochroma

    Ozarba chrysaspis
    Ozarba punctigera

    Parerastria castaneata

  • Peperita molybdopasta

  • Pseudcraspedia puntata

  • Pseudephyra straminea

  • Pseudozarba orthopetes

  • Pyripnoa auricularia
  • Pyripnoa pyraspis

    Sarrothripta baeopis

    Selenis semilux

    Sophta concavata
    Sophta poecilota

  • Tabomeeres dolera

  • Technemon epichares

  • Thaumasiodes eurymitra

    Thermesia cariosa

  • Trissernis prasinoscia

  • Vescia digona

    Xanthograpta purpurascens

  • Xenopseustis poecilastis

    Zagira stragulata

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