NOTODONTINAE of Australia
NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

NOTODONTINAE

eggs
 
NOTODONTINAE

caterpillars
 
NOTODONTINAE

pupae
 
NOTODONTINAE

moths
 
NOTODONTINAE

females
 
NOTODONTINAE

undersides
 
NOTODONTINAE

forewings

Many Caterpillars of this family adopt a characteristic posture when they feel threatened: they raise the tail and the head to make a U shape. Many of the species of NOTODONTINAE have caterpillars with reduced anal prolegs and several humps on their backs. Some are smooth except for a few spines and fleshy tubercles. The caterpillars typically remain exposed on the foodplant by day, although the adult moths are nocturnal fliers.

The 50 named and described Australian species of NOTODONTINAE are:

Allata indistincta

Antimima corystes
Antimima cryptica

Antithemerastis acrobela

Archigargetta amydra

Cascera bella
Cascera muscosa

Cerura australis
Cerura multipunctata

Commonia hesychima

Destolmia lineata : Streaked Notodontid

Ecnomodes sagittaria

Gallaba basinipha : Alpine Gallaba
Gallaba duplicata
Gallaba dysthyma
Gallaba eugraphes
Gallaba ochropepla : Grey Gallaba

  • Gallaba subviridis

    Gargettiana punctatissima

    Hobartina amblyiodes : Hobart Notodontid
    Hobartina eusciera

    Hylaeora capucina : Cowled Rough-head
    Hylaeora caustopis : Great Rough-head
    Hylaeora dilucida : Ochre Rough-head
    Hylaeora eucalypti : Gum Rough-head

    Lasioceros aroa

    Neola semiaurata : Golden Notodontid

    Neostauropus viridissimus

    Netria viridescens

    Omichlis hadromeres
    Omichlis hampsoni

    Paradestolmia nigrolinea

    Phalera amboinae

    Pheraspis mesotypa
    Pheraspis polioxutha
    Pheraspis rectilinea
    Pheraspis spodea
    Pheraspis symmetra

    Pheressaces cycnoptera

  • Polychoa glauca
    Polychoa styphlopis

    Porsica acarodes

    Psalidostetha banksiae : Banksia Moth

    Scythrophanes stenoptera : Narrow-winged Notodontid

    Sorama bicolor : Two-coloured Notodontid

    Syntypistis chloropasta
    Syntypistis opaca
    Syntypistis viridigriseus

    Teleclita dryinopa

    Timoraca meeki

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    (written 16 December 2018, updated 24 September 2022)