ALOES : ASPHODELACEAE (LILIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Aloe arborescens Tree Aloe University of Sydney, August 2006	Aloe vera Sydney, August 2006	Dianella caerulea Blue Flax Lily Wyee, January 2007	Gasteria aff. acinacifolia Sydney, October 2006
Haworthia fasciata Sydney, December 2006	Haworthia turgida Sydney, October 2008	Kniphofia hybrid Little Maid Wyee, October 2006	Kniphofia uvaria Red Hot Poker Sydney, July 2007
Stypandra glauca Blind Grass Photo: courtesy of Jan MacDonald Apsley, Victoria	Xanthorrhoea australis Kawee Photos: courtesy of Liz McGrath Point Lonsdale, September 2013	Xanthorrhoea concava Resinous Grass Tree Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington, Wonboyn, NSW.	Xanthorrhoea macronema Large Grass Tree Sydney, August 2006

Xanthorrhoea media Medium Grass Tree Wyee, May 2007

Xanthorrhoea minor Small Grass Tree Morwell Park, December 2003

Some caterpillars of Australian Butterflies and Moths which have been reported as using species in ASPHODELACEAE for their foodplant include

Toxidia peron

Ocybadistes walkeri

Pterolocera leucocera

Cossodes lyonetii

Archaeoses polygrapha

Ptilomacra senex

Metura elongatus

Meyriccia latro

Erechthias acontistes

Moerarchis australasiella

Moerarchis clathrata

Epiphyas postvittana

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 14 February 2018, 8 March 2019, 2 June 2020, 7 March 2022)