Australian Acronictinae

ACRONICTINAE in Australia
(sometimes known as ACRONYCTINAE)
including AEDIINAE and ERIOPINAE
NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA

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

ACRONICTINAE

eggs

ACRONICTINAE

caterpillars

ACRONICTINAE

pupae

ACRONICTINAE

moths

ACRONICTINAE

undersides

ACRONICTINAE

forewings

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 different, as those in ACRONICTINAE have no secondary setae on the head. Sadly the caterpillars of many of these species have not been described well enough to discern this, so that more superficial characters have been used to classify them.

Some of the species here have been classified by different authors into other NOCTUIDAE subfamilies, so their inclusion here is controvesial.

Some of the common species out of the 243 named Australian species in ACRONICTINAE are:

Acronicta dinawa
Acronicta psorallina
Aedia acronyctoides
Aedia arctipennis
Aedia leucomelas : Sorcerer, Sweet Potato Leaf Worm
Aedia olivescens
Aedia sericea

Ancara plaesiosema

Athetis maculatra
Athetis reclusa
Athetis striolata
Athetis tenuis : Plain Tenuis Moth
Athetis thoracica

Aucha triphaenoides
Aucha vesta

Bagada turpisoides

Barybela chionostigma

Bathytricha aethalion : Forest Maned Moth
Bathytricha leonina : Orange Maned Moth

Bathytricha monticola

Bathytricha phaeosticha
Bathytricha truncata : Sugarcane Stem Borer

Borbotana nivifascia

Callopistria ferruginea
Callopistria maillardi
Callopistria rivularis : Coastal Fern Moth

Calophasidia cana
Calophasidia dentifera

Calophasidia dichroa

Calophasidia latens

Calophasidia lucala

Calophasidia radiata

Callyna leuconota
Callyna monoleuca

Chasmina candida
Chasmina pulchra : White Beauty
Chasmina tibialis

Condica aroana : Small Condica Moth
Condica dolorosa : Dark Condica Moth
Condica illecta
Condica praesecta

Cosmodes elegans : Green Blotched Moth

Cycloprora nodyna

Data aroa
Data pratti

Diplonephra ditata

Dipterygina babooni

Eccleta xuthophanes

Ecpatia dulcistriga
Ecpatia melas

Eremaula minor

Eremochroa alphitias : Pale O-X Moth
Eremochroa macropa : Brown O-X Moth
Eremochroa paradesma
Eremochroa psammias
Eremochroa thermidora

Euplexia polycmeta

Fascionycta fasciata

Hypoperigea tonsa : Common Cutworm

Lignispalta incertissima

Lophocalama neuritis : Veined Crest Moth
Lophocalama suffusa : Suffused Crest Moth

Musothyma cyanastis

Neumichtis adamantina : Rhomboid Moth
Neumichtis archephanes : Alpine Neumichtis
Neumichtis callisina : Ochreous Moth
Neumichtis expulsa : Grey Marbled Moth
Neumichtis iorrhoa
Neumichtis mesophaea : Triangle Moth
Neumichtis nigerrima : Black Turnip Moth
Neumichtis prolifera : Rich Russet Moth
Neumichtis saliaris : Dumbbell Moth
Neumichtis sepultrix
Neumichtis signata : Line-marked Moth
Neumichtis spumigera : Green Cutworm

Pachythrix hampsoni
Pachythrix mniochlora
Pachythrix smaragdistis

Pansemna beryllodes

Paromphale caeca : Black-spotted Moth

Platyprosopa nigrostrigata

Prometopus inassueta : Green-tinged Moth

Proteuxoa leucosticta : White-spotted Noctuid
Proteuxoa marginalis : Red-bordered Noctuid
Proteuxoa melodora : Oblique Noctuid
Proteuxoa mesombra : Orange-marked Noctuid
Proteuxoa metaneura : Neat Noctuid
Proteuxoa microspila : Little Noctuid
Proteuxoa nuna : T-bar Noctuid

Proteuxoa nyctereutica : Red-brown Noctuid
Proteuxoa ochrias : Fringed Noctuid
Proteuxoa oxygona : White-lined Noctuid
Proteuxoa paragypsa : Western Noctuid
Proteuxoa paratorna : Hyphen Noctuid
Proteuxoa passalota : Blotched Noctuid
Proteuxoa petrodora
Proteuxoa porphyrescens : Red Noctuid
Proteuxoa restituta : Black-bodied Noctuid
Proteuxoa rubripuncta : Red-ringed Noctuid
Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta : Blood-spotted Noctuid
Proteuxoa sarcomorpha : Lined-neat Noctuid
Proteuxoa scotti : Mottled Noctuid
Proteuxoa senta : Sandy Noctuid
Proteuxoa spodias : Cream Noctuid
Proteuxoa testaceicollis : Tawny-collared Novctuid
Proteuxoa tibiata : Horseshoe Noctuid
Proteuxoa tortisigna : Pale-banded Noctuid

Pseudoedaleosia scoparioides

Spodoptera apertura : Inscribed Moth
Spodoptera exempta : African Armyworm
Spodoptera exigua : Beet Armyworm
Spodoptera litura : Cluster Caterpillar
Spodoptera frugiperda : Fall Armyworm
Spodoptera mauritia : Lawn Armyworm
Spodoptera picta : Lily Caterpillar
Spodoptera umbraculata