OENOSANDRIDAE in Australia Snub Moths NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

OENOSANDRIDAE eggs

OENOSANDRIDAE caterpillars

OENOSANDRIDAE pupa

OENOSANDRIDAE moths

OENOSANDRIDAE undersides

OENOSANDRIDAE forewings

This family is often placed in NOTODONTIDAE, but following Nielsen et al. in "Checklist of Australian Lepidoptera", and James S. Miller in American Museum of Natural History Bulletin #204, we here present it as a separate family. The family is only found in Australia.

The 8 named Australian species of OENOSANDRIDAE are:

Diceratucha xenopis : Small Stub Moth

Discophlebia blosyrodes
Discophlebia catocalina : Yellow-tailed Stub Moth
Discophlebia celaena : Variable Stub Moth
Discophlebia lipauges
Discophlebia lucasii : Lucas' Stub Moth

Nycteropa subovalis : Desert Snub Moth

Oenosandra boisduvalii : Boisduval's Autumn Moth

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(updated 31 May 2014, 27 May 2018, 27 May 2020)