Paw Paw family : CARICACEAE (DILLENIIDAE) in Australia
including Papayaceae

Flower
Families 		Flowers in Australia
  
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Christine Ashe
  
Plants in Australia Plant
Classes

Carica papaya
Paw-Paw
Sydney, September 2006

Carica pentagona
Babaco
Wyee, November 2006

The caterpillars that we have encountered in Australia that feed on members of CARICACEAE are:


Conogethes punctiferalis

Opogona papayae

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Australian
Australian Butterflies
butterflies
Australian
Australian caterpillars
Lepidoptera
Australian
Australian Moths
moths

(updated 29 August 2009, 2 November 2013)