AMPHIPYRINAE in Australia
including XYLENINAE
NOCTUIDAE ,   NOCTUOIDEA

AMPHIPYRINAE

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Stella Crossley
AMPHIPYRINAE

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The adult moths of this subfamily have most characteristics in common with other subfamilies of NOCTUIDAE, and so are difficult to identify. The caterpillars are however are clearly different, as those in AMPHIPYRINAE have secondary setae on the head.

Some common Australian species of AMPHIPYRINAE are:

  • Actinotia hyperici

    Athetis maculatra
    Athetis reclusa
    Athetis striolata
    Athetis tenuis
    Athetis thoracica

    Aucha triphaenoides
    Aucha vesta

  • Bagada turpisoides

  • Barybela chionostigma

  • Borbotana nivifascia

    Callopistria ferruginea
    Callopistria maillardi

  • Callopistria placodoides
  • Callopistria reticulata
    Callopistria rivularis

    Callyna leuconota

  • Callyna leucosticha
    Callyna monoleuca

    Chasmina candida
    Chasmina pulchra

  • Chasmina tenuilinea
  • Chasmina tibialis

    Condica aroana
    Condica dolorosa
    Condica illecta
    Condica praesecta

  • Condica sublucens

    Cosmodes elegans : Green Blotched Moth

    Data aroa

  • Data dissimilis
  • Data ochroneura
    Data pratti
  • Data thalpophiloides

    Diplonephra ditata

    Dipterygina babooni

  • Eccleta xuthophanes

  • Epicyrtica bryistis
  • Epicyrtica docima
  • Epicyrtica hippolopha
  • Epicyrtica lathridia
    Epicyrtica leucostigma
  • Epicyrtica lichenophora
  • Epicyrtica melanops
    Epicyrtica metallica
  • Epicyrtica oostigma
  • Epicyrtica pamprepta

  • Eremaula minor

    Eremochroa alphitias

  • Eremochroa lunata
    Eremochroa macropa
    Eremochroa paradesma
    Eremochroa psammias
    Eremochroa thermidora

    Euplexia polycmeta

    Hypoperigea tonsa

  • Lignispalta incertissima

  • Lophocalama neuritis
  • Lophocalama suffusa

    Musothyma cyanastis

    Neumichtis adamantina
    Neumichtis archephanes
    Neumichtis callisina
    Neumichtis expulsa

  • Neumichtis iorrhoa
    Neumichtis mesophaea
    Neumichtis nigerrima : Black Noctuid
    Neumichtis prolifera
    Neumichtis saliaris : Green Cutworm
    Neumichtis sepultrix
    Neumichtis signata
    Neumichtis spumigera

    Pachythrix hampsoni
    Pachythrix mniochlora
    Pachythrix smaragdistis

    Pansemna beryllodes

  • Paromphale caeca

  • Platyprosopa nigrostrigata

    Prometopus inassueta

    Proteuxoa angasi
    Proteuxoa atra
    Proteuxoa bistrigula
    Proteuxoa callimera
    Proteuxoa capularis
    Proteuxoa chrysospila
    Proteuxoa cinereicollis
    Proteuxoa cornuta
    Proteuxoa euchroa
    Proteuxoa flexirena
    Proteuxoa florescens
    Proteuxoa gypsina
    Proteuxoa heliosema
    Proteuxoa hydraeciodes
    Proteuxoa hypochalchis
    Proteuxoa marginalis
    Proteuxoa metaneura
    Proteuxoa nuna
    Proteuxoa oxygona
    Proteuxoa paragypsa
    Proteuxoa passalota
    Proteuxoa petrodora
    Proteuxoa porphyrescens
    Proteuxoa restituta
    Proteuxoa rubripuncta
    Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta
    Proteuxoa sarcomorpha
    Proteuxoa tibiata
    Proteuxoa tortisigna

  • Pseudoedaleosia scoparioides

    Spodoptera exempta : African Armyworm
    Spodoptera exigua : Beet Armyworm
    Spodoptera litura : Cluster Caterpillar
    Spodoptera mauritia : Lawn Armyworm
    Spodoptera picta

  • Stenopterygia kebea

    Syntheta xylitis

  • Thegalea haemorrhanta

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    (updated 24 January 2013)