CATOCALINAE in Australia
Underwings and Owlets
NOCTUIDAE
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The Caterpillars of CATOCALINAE are usually smooth, lacking obvious hairs. Many have one or more pairs of prolegs missing, and so move in a looping fashion.
Some of the adult moths of CATOCALINAE have brightly coloured hind wings which are normally covered (the "underwings"), and some have eye-shaped markings on the wings (the "owlets"). The CATOCALINAE moths also include a number pests which puncture fruit in order to feed on the juice.
Some taxonomists list this group of species as a family CATOCALIDAE, or as a subfamily of EREBIDAE, but here following Nielsen et al., we include it as a subfamily of the NOCTUIDAE.
Some common species of the 353 named Australian species in CATOCALINAE are:
Acantholipes juba
Acantholipes trajecta
Achaea argilla
Achaea eusciasta
Achaea janata : Croton Caterpillar
Achaea serva
Agamana cavatalis
Agamana conjungens
Alophosoma emmelopis
Alophosoma hypoxantha
Alophosoma syngenes
Anomis combinans
Anomis definata
Anomis flava
Anomis involuta
Anomis lyona
Anomis nigritarsis
Anomis planalis
Arcte coerula : Ramie Moth
Avatha discolor
Avatha novoguineana
Avatha subumbra
Crioa acronyctoides
Crioa aroa
Crioa hades
Crioa niphobleta
Dasypodia cymatodes : Northern Old Lady Moth
Dasypodia selenophora : Southern Old Lady Moth
Donuca castalia
Donuca lanipes
Donuca memorabilis
Donuca orbigera
Donuca rubropicta
Donuca spectabilis
Donuca xanthopyga
Dysgonia absentimacula
Dysgonia arctotaenia
Dysgonia calefasciens
Dysgonia constricta
Dysgonia copidiphora
Dysgonia curvisecta
Dysgonia dicoela
Dysgonia frontinus
Dysgonia hamatilis
Dysgonia infractafinis
Dysgonia latizona
Dysgonia monogona
Dysgonia palumba
Dysgonia senex
Dysgonia solomonensis
Ercheia dubia
Ercheia ekeikei
Ercheia kebea
Erebus crepuscularis
Erebus macfarlanei
Erebus nyctaculis
Erebus terminitincta
Ericeia eriophora
Ericeia goniosema
Ericeia inangulata
Ericeia plaesiodes
Ericeia sobria
Ericeia subsignata
Eudocima aurantia : Fruit Sucking Moth
Eudocima cocalus
Eudocima fullonia : Fruit Piercing Moth
Eudocima iridescens
Eudocima jordani
Eudocima materna
Eudocima salaminia
Grammodes cooma
Grammodes geometrica
Grammodes justa
Grammodes ocellata
Grammodes oculata
Grammodes oculicola
Grammodes pulcherrima
Grammodes quaesita
Homodes iomolybda
Hulodes caranea
Hulodes drylla
Hyperlopha aridela
Hyperlopha cristifera
Hypocala affinis
Hypocala guttiventris
Hypospila creberrima
Hypospila dochmotoma
Ischyja albata
Ischyja ebusa
Ischyja manlia
Ischyja neocherina
Meranda holochrysa
Meranda susialis
Mocis alterna
Bean Looper
Mocis frugalis
: Sugarcane Looper
Mocis trifasciata
Niguza eucesta
Niguza spiramioides
Ophiusa coronata
Ophiusa discriminans
Ophiusa disjungens
Ophiusa hituense
Ophiusa microrrhaea
Ophiusa parcemacula
Ophiusa tirhaca
Ophyx eurrhoa
Ophyx ochroptera
Ophyx pseudoptera
Oraesia emarginata Fruit Piercing Moth
Oxyodes scrobiculata Longan Leaf Eating Looper
Oxyodes tricolor
Pantydia capistrata
Pantydia diemeni
Pantydia metaspila
Pantydia sparsa
Pericyma cruegeri : Poinciana Looper
Phyllodes imperialis : Imperial Fruit Sucking Moth
Platyja umminia
Plusiodonta arctipennis
Plusiodonta coelonota
Praxis dirigens
Praxis edwardsii
Praxis marmarinopa
Praxis porphyretica
Prorocopis euxantha
Prorocopis melanochorda
Saroba rufescens
Saroba trimaculata
Speiredonia mutabilis
Speiredonia obscura
Speiredonia spectans : Granny's Cloak Moth
Sympis parkeri
Sympis rufibasis
Tamba cyrtogramma
Tamba elachista
Tamba haemacta
Tolpia conscitulana
Tolpia myops
Trigonodes cephise
Trigonodes hyppasia
Xenogenes miranda
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Abriesa derna
Alapadna pauropis
Amphiongia chordophoides
Anisoneura aluco
Anticarsia irrorata
Aroana rubra
Arthisma scissuralis
Athyrma subpunctata
Attatha species
Audea irioleuca
Avitta discipuncta
Axiocteta oenoplex
Bocula odontosema
Brevipecten captata
Chalciope alcyona
Conosema pratti
Crithote pannicula
Cultripalpa partita
Cyclodes spectans
Daona detersalis
Delgamma pangonia
Dermaleipa microrrhoea
Diatenes aglossoides
Diplothecta loxomita
Episparis angulatilinea
Eporectis tephropis
Erygia apicalis
Eudesmeola lawsoni
Fodina ostorius
Gesonia obeditalis
Glottula atronitens
Hamodes propitia
Homodes bracteigutta
Lacera noctilio
Lophoruza diversalis
Loxioda hampsoni
Madope auferens
Mecodina praecipua
Nagia linteola
Pandesma submurina
Pangrapta adoxopis
Phytometra formosalis
Phytometra laevis
Pindara serratilinea
Platyja cyanopasta
Polydesma boarmoides
Polydesmiola meekii
Pseudogyrtona perversa
Raparna crocophara
Rhapsa suscitatalis
Rhesalides curvata
Rusicada revocans
Schistorhynx unistriga
Serrodes campana
Spirama recessa
Sypna buruensis
Tathorhynchus fallax
Thyas miniacea
Tropidtamba lepraota
Ulothrichopus dinawa
Zethes alfura