LASIOCAMPIDAE of Australia
Eggar, Lappet and Snout Moths
BOMBYCOIDEA
 
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


eggs
  

caterpillars
  

pupae
  

moths
  

females
  

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The Caterpillars of LASIOCAMPIDAE are medium to large in size. Some are smooth, and some are hairy. Most have a pair of dorsal glands on abdominal segments six and seven. Many have flaps of skin overhanging their prolegs, hence the name "Lappet Moths" (a 'lappet' is a decorative flap of material on clothing). Many adults have elongated labial palps , which makes them look like they have long noses, hence their name "Snout Moths".

The 76 named Australian species of LASIOCAMPIDAE are:

Anastrolos apasta
Anastrolos holopolia
Anastrolos porphyrica
Anastrolos zoristis

Cyclophragma centralistrigata
Cyclophragma cyclomela

Entometa apicalis : Gum Snout Moth
Entometa chlorosacca : Green Purse Gum Snout Moth
Entometa decorata
Entometa erubescens : One Spot Gum Snout Moth
Entometa fervens : Common Gum Snout Moth
Entometa guerinii : Guerin's Gum Snout Moth
Entometa guttularis : Spotted Gum Moth
Entometa species

  • Eremaea coralliphora
    Eremaea zonospila

    Genduara acedesta : Painted Clear Winged Snout Moth
    Genduara albicans
    Genduara contermina : Tan Clear Winged Snout Moth
    Genduara dianipha
    Genduara fola
    Genduara macqueeni : MacQueen's Snout Moth
    Genduara macroptila : Long Winged Snout Moth
    Genduara pinnalis
    Genduara punctigera : Spotted Clear Winged Snout Moth
    Genduara rhoda
    Genduara subnotata : Clear Winged Snout Moth

    Neurochyta agrapta
    Neurochyta edna

    Opsirhina albigutta : White Spotted Snout Moth
    Opsirhina alphaea
    Opsirhina lechriodes : Elusive White Spotted Snout Moth

    Pararguda albida
    Pararguda australasiae
    Pararguda crenulata
    Pararguda crocota
    Pararguda dasymalla : Alpine Snout Moth
    Pararguda diamphidia
    Pararguda ecnoma
    Pararguda nana
    Pararguda nasuta : Wattle Snout Moth

  • Pararguda nigriventris
    Pararguda rufescens : Rufous Snout Moth
    Pararguda spodopa
    Pararguda tephropsis

    Pernattia brevipennis
    Pernattia chlorophragma: Desert Casuarina Moth
    Pernattia pusilla : She-Oak Moth

    Pinara cana : Neat Pinara
    Pinara divisa : Common Pinara
    Pinara metaphaea : Pinara Moth
    Pinara obliqua : Angled Pinara
    Pinara rufescens
    Pinara sesioides

    Porela albifinis : White Tailed Porela
    Porela amathodes : Western Porela
    Porela ceraunias
    Porela cinerea
    Porela delineata : Lined Porela
    Porela euthyerges
    Porela galactodes
    Porela homospila : Desert Porela
    Porela notabilis : Notable Porela
    Porela notodontina : Grey Porela
    Porela obtusa : Blunt Porela
    Porela rhabditis
    Porela subfasciata : Fasciated Porela
    Porela vetusta : Ancient Porela
    Porela vitulina : Banded Porela

    Symphyta colpodes

  • Symphyta nephelodes
    Symphyta nyctopis
    Symphyta oxygramma
    Symphyta psaropis

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    (updated 18 October 2014, 18 September 2022)