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	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 munda	Helicoverpa armigera	Helicoverpa punctigera	Heliothis punctifera	Spodoptera exigua
Spodoptera litura	Chasmina candida	Anomis combinans	Anomis flava	Anomis involuta	Bucculatrix gossypii
Xanthodes congenita	Xanthodes transversa	Earias huegeliana	Earias perhuegeli	Earias smaragdina	Earias vittella

Crocidosema plebejana

Tonica effractella

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Australian butterflies

Australian caterpillars

Australian moths

(updated 19 October 2014, 20 February 2018)