Lasiandra family
MELASTOMATACEAE of Australia

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

link to Flowers in Australia

Centradenia grandifolia Sea of Flowers Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast, April 2007

Medinilla myriantha 'Kathleen' RBG Sydney, January 2012

Tibouchina granulosa 'Kathleen' Budgewoi, February 2008

Tibouchina heteromalla Silver Leafed Princess Flower Wyee, January 2007

Tibouchina lepidota Lasiandra "Alstonville" Wyee, May 2007

Tibouchina urvilleana Princess Flower Sydney, November 2006

We know of only two species of Lepidoptera in Australia, the caterpillars of which attack plants in MELASTOMATACEAE:

Gnathothlibus erotus

Comostola laesaria

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 12 January 2012)