ACRONICTINAE in Australia
(sometimes known as ACRONYCTINAE)
NOCTUIDAE ,  NOCTUOIDEA

ACRONICTINAE

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

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The adult moths of this family have most characteristics in common with other subfamilies of NOCTUIDAE, and so their family is difficult to identify. The caterpillars are however are clearly different, as those in ACRONICTINAE have no secondary setae on the head.

Some of the species here have also been classified as belonging to the subfamily OPHIDERINAE, and others to XYLENINAE, but here we include these in ACRONICTINAE.

Some common Australian species of ACRONICTINAE are:

Acrapex albicostata

  • Acrapex exsangius

  • Acronicta dinawa
     Acronicta psorallina

  • Aedia arctipennis
    Aedia leucomelas
    Aedia olivescens
    Aedia sericea

  • Ancara plaesiosema

  • Aucha vesta

  • Bathytricha aethalion
  • Bathytricha monticola
  • Bathytricha phaeosticha
    Bathytricha truncata : Sugarcane Stem Borer

    Craniophora fasciata
    Craniophora nodyna

  • Craniophora phaeocosma

  • Ecpatia dulcistriga
  • Ecpatia melas

  • Eucatephia dinawa

  • Euryschema tricycla

  • Thalatha artificiosa
    Thalatha bryochlora
  • Thalatha chionobola
  • Thalatha guttalis
    Thalatha melaleuca
    Thalatha melanophrica
  • Thalatha symprepes
    Thalatha trichroma

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    (updated 4 October 2012)