LARENTIINAE in Australia
GEOMETRIDAE ,   GEOMETROIDEA

LARENTIINAE

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LARENTIINAE

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There is still much taxonomy to do in this subfamily. For example, some taxonomists are of the opinion that the name of the large genus Chrysolarentia (Butler, 1882) is a junior synonym of Euphyia (Hübner, 1825), but here we adhere to the nomenclature of the "Checklist of Australian Lepidoptera".

Some notable species of the 271 Australian named species in LARENTIINAE are :

Acodia pauper

  • Aepylopha thalassia

    Anachloris subochraria
    Anachloris tofocolorata
    Anachloris uncinata

  • Anomocentris capnoxutha
  • Anomocentris crystallota
    Anomocentris trissodesma

  • Antimimistis illaudata

    Aplocera plagiata

    Aponotoreas dascia
    Aponotoreas epicrossa

    Austrocidaria erasta

    Chaetolopha decipiens
    Chaetolopha emporias
    Chaetolopha leucophragma
    Chaetolopha niphosticha
    Chaetolopha oxyntis
    Chaetolopha pseudooxyntis

    Chloroclystis approximata : Cherry Looper Moth
    Chloroclystis catastreptes
    Chloroclystis elaeopa
    Chloroclystis filata
    Chloroclystis insigillata
    Chloroclystis metallospora
    Chloroclystis mniochroa
    Chloroclystis pallidiplaga
    Chloroclystis plinthochyta
    Chloroclystis testulata

    Chrysolarentia adornata
    Chrysolarentia aglaodes
    Chrysolarentia aprepta
    Chrysolarentia arachnitis
    Chrysolarentia argocyma
    Chrysolarentia cataphaea
    Chrysolarentia chrysocyma
    Chrysolarentia conifasciata
    Chrysolarentia cryeropa
    Chrysolarentia cydalima
    Chrysolarentia decisaria : Native Pasture Looper
    Chrysolarentia epicteta
    Chrysolarentia euclidiata
    Chrysolarentia euphileta
    Chrysolarentia gypsomela
    Chrysolarentia hedylepta
    Chrysolarentia heliacaria
    Chrysolarentia heteroleuca
    Chrysolarentia imperviata
    Chrysolarentia insulsata
    Chrysolarentia interruptata
    Chrysolarentia leptophrica
    Chrysolarentia leucophanes
    Chrysolarentia leucozona
    Chrysolarentia lucidulata
    Chrysolarentia mecynata
    Chrysolarentia melanchlaena
    Chrysolarentia microcyma
    Chrysolarentia nephodes
    Chrysolarentia perornata
    Chrysolarentia plagiocausta
    Chrysolarentia plesia
    Chrysolarentia polycarpa
    Chrysolarentia polyxantha
    Chrysolarentia severata
    Chrysolarentia squamulata
    Chrysolarentia subrectaria
    Chrysolarentia vicissata

  • Cleptocosmia mutabilis

    Collix ghosha
    Collix multifilata

    Crasilogia gressitti

  • Cretheis cymatodes

    Eccymatoge fulvida

    Epicyme rubropunctaria

  • Episteira protima

    Epyaxa hyperythra
    Epyaxa sodaliata
    Epyaxa subidaria

  • Eremodorea haplopsara

  • Eucymatoge scotodes

    Eupithecia costalis

    Gymnoscelis delocyma
    Gymnoscelis lophopus
    Gymnoscelis species

  • Heterochasta conglobata

  • Horisme mortuata

  • Hypycnopa delotis

  • Larentia tenuis

    Melitulias graphicata

  • Mesoptila compsodes

    Microdes squamulata
    Microdes villosata

  • Micrulia tenuilinea

  • Minoa aedaea

    Mnesiloba eupitheciata

  • Notoreas aethalopa

  • Papuanticlea horia

    Phrissogonus laticostata

    Poecilasthena anthodes
    Poecilasthena pulchraria
    Poecilasthena sthenommata
    Poecilasthena thalassias
    Poecilasthena xylocyma

  • Polyclysta hypogrammata

    Sauris lichenias
    Sauris malaca
    Sauris plumipes

    Scotocyma albinotata
    Scotocyma rutilimixta

    Symmimetis muscosa
    Symmimetis sylvatica

  • Tephroclystia melanolopha

  • Tympanota perophora

    Visiana brujata

    Xanthorhoe anaspila
    Xanthorhoe xanthospila

    Ziridava rufinigra

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    (updated 10 March 2013)