Zebra Plant family
MARANTACEAE in Australia

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

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Calathea louisae Slender Zebra Plant specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Calathea zebrina Zebra Plant RBG Sydney, January 2012	Ctenanthe lubbersiana Happy Dream Wyee, February 2008	Ctenanthe pilosa Golden Mosaic specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007
Ctenanthe setosa Silver Star Wyee, November 2007	Ctenanthe tricolor Bamburanta specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Maranta leuconeura Prayer Plant Sydney, December 2011	Stromanthe sanguinea Stromanthe specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007

We know of only one species of Lepidoptera in Australia, the caterpillars of which attack plants in MARANTACEAE:

Sphenarches anisodactylus

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Australian butterflies

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Australian moths

(updated 12 January 2012)