Hibiscus family : MALVACEAE (DILLENIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

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

Plant Classes

Abelmoschus esculentus Okra Magnetic Island, January 2012 Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson	Abelmoschus moschatus Musk Okra Sunshine Coast, June 2019 Photo: courtesy of Maria Rosenfelder	Abutilon x hybridum Canary Bird Sydney, June 2008	Abutilon cryptopetalum Hill Lantern Flower Uluru, December 2008
Abutilon striatum Chinese Lantern Sydney, August 2006	Alcea rosea Hollyhock Sydney, October 2006	Alyogyne hakeifolia Australian hibiscus Concord, December 2006	Alyogyne huegelii Blue hibiscus Burwood, November 2006
Gossypium sturtianum Sturt's Desert Rose Uluru, December 2008	Grewia occidentalis Crossberry Concord, October 2007	Hibiscus diversifolius Swamp Hibiscus Gympie, October 2006	Hibiscus heterophyllus Australian Native Rosella Castlereagh, October 2014 Photo: courtesy of Cheryl McDonnell
Hibiscus mutabilis Confederate Rose Sydney, December 2006	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Hibiscus Sydney August 2006	Hibiscus schizopetalus Coral Hibiscus Bundaberg, January 2007	Hibiscus sturtii Sturt's Hibiscus Uluru, December 2008
Hibiscus syriacus Rose of Sharon Sydney, December 2006	Hibiscus tiliaceus Coastal Hibiscus Kuranda Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson	Lagunaria patersonia Norfolk Island Hibiscus Sydney, November 2006	Malva parviflora Small Flowered Mallow Sydney, May 2008
Malvaviscus arboreus Turk's Hat Sydney, August 2006	Phymosia umbellata Mexican Mallow Wyee, November 2007	Sida rhombifolia Paddy’s Lucerne Wyee, February 2007	Triumfetta rhomboidea Triumfetta Burr Magnetic Island, Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Members of MALVACEAE are the foodplants of a number of caterpillars of Butterfly and Moth species in Australia, including:

Hypolimnas bolina	Phaedyma shepherdi	Vanessa cardui	Pectinophora gossypiella	Onebala hibisci	Achyra affinitalis
Haritalodes derogata	Nausinoe pueritia	Notarcha aurolinealis	Rehimena surusalis	Pyroderces falcatella	Pyroderces rileyi
Agrotis ipsilon	Agrotis interjectionis	Agrotis munda	Helicoverpa armigera	Helicoverpa punctigera	Heliothis punctifera
Spodoptera exigua	Spodoptera litura	Chasmina candida	Anomis combinans	Anomis flava	Anomis involuta
Xanthodes congenita	Xanthodes transversa	Earias huegeliana	Earias perhuegeli	Earias smaragdina	Earias vittella

Crocidosema plebejana

Tonica effractella

Bucculatrix gossypii

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 19 October 2014, 20 February 2018, 6 July 2019)