Emu Bush family : MYOPORACEAE (ASTERIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

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

Plant Classes

Eremophila divaricata Spreading Emubush Bronzewing Reserve, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Eremophila glabra Common Emu Bush Hatta Lakes, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Eremophila longifolia Weeping Emu Bush Dulkaninna Station, South Australia Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Eremophila maculata Spotted Emu Bush Sydney, October 2006
Eremophila maculata var. aurea Yellow Emu Bush Concord, June 2007	Eremophila nivea Silky Emu Bush Sydney, October 2008	Eremophila sturtii Turpentine Bush Uluru, December 2008	Myoporum floribundum Weeping Boobialla Wyee, August 2007

Caterpillars of some Butterflies and Moths in Australia can utilise species in MYOPORACAE for their foodplant, including:

Candalides heathi

Candalides noelkeri

Chelacnema ochra

Coenotes eremophilae

Hopliocnema brachycera

Synoecha marmorata

Acyphas semiochrea

Aenetus djernaesae

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 28 February 2015, 9 October 2019, 8 March 2020)