NOTODONTIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
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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:
Antimima corystes
Antimima cryptica
Cerura australis
Cerura multipunctata
Destolmia lineata : Streaked Notodontid
Gallaba basinipha : Alpine Gallaba
Gallaba duplicata
Gallaba dysthyma
Gallaba eugraphes
Gallaba ochropepla : Grey Gallaba
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
Neola semiaurata : Golden Notodontid
Omichlis hadromeres
Omichlis hampsoni
Pheraspis mesotypa
Pheraspis polioxutha
Pheraspis rectilinea
Pheraspis spodea
Pheraspis symmetra
Psalidostetha banksiae : Banksia Moth
Scythrophanes stenoptera : Narrow-winged Notodontid
Sorama bicolor : Two-coloured Notodontid
Syntypistis chloropasta
Syntypistis opaca
Syntypistis viridigriseus
family | NOCTUOIDEA family | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | NOTODONTIDAE subfamily |
(written 16 December 2018, updated 24 September 2022)