ACONTIINAE of Australia
synonym : EUSTROTIINAE
NOCTUIDAE ,   NOCTUOIDEA

ACONTIINAE

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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
Amyna octo : Eight Spot
Amyna natalis

Araeopteron canescens

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

  • Carmara subcervina

    Cerynea trogobasis

    Chaograptis crystallodes

    Clytoscopa iorrhoda

    Coccidiphaga scitula

    Cophanta funestalis

    Corgatha dichionistis
    Corgatha dipyra
    Corgatha drosera
    Corgatha figuralis
    Corgatha minuta
    Corgatha omopis
    Corgatha sideropasta

  • 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
    Eublemma dimidialis
    Eublemma inconspicua
    Eublemma leucodesma
    Eublemma lozostropha
    Eublemma marmaropa
    Eublemma pudica
    Eublemma ragusana
    Eublemma rivula
    Eublemma roseana
    Eublemma rufipuncta
    Eublemma vestalis

  • Eugatha thermochroa

    Eulocastra fasciata

    Eustrotia acroleuca

    Habrophyes xuthosoma

  • Haplopseustis erythrias

  • Heterorta plutonis

  • Himerois univittata

  • Holocryptis phasianura

  • Hypobleta cymaea

    Hyposada aspersa
    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

  • Pseudephyra straminea

    Pseudozarba orthopetes

    Pyripnoa auricularia

  • Pyripnoa pyraspis

    Sarrothripa baeopis

    Selenis semilux

    Sophta concavata
    Sophta poecilota

  • Tabomeeres dolera

  • Technemon epichares

  • Thaumasiodes eurymitra

    Thermesia cariosa

  • Trissernis prasinoscia

  • Vescisa digona

    Xanthograpta glycychroa
    Xanthograpta purpurascens

  • Xenopseustis poecilastis

    Zagira stragulata

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    (updated 15 August 2013)