Tea family : THEACEAE (DILLENIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

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

Plant Classes

Camellia japonica Camellia Sydney, August 2006	Camellia japonica var. quercifolia Fishtail Camellia Sydney, August 2006	Camellia lutchuensis Scented Camellia Sydney, August 2006	Camellia sasanqua Paradise Diana Wyee, April 2007
Camellia sasanqua Paradise Pearl Wyee, June 2006	Camellia x vernalis Yuletide Wyee, April 20007	Camellia sinensis Pink Tea Wyee, May 20007	Gordonia axillaris Fried Egg Tree Sydney, March 2007

Caterpillars of some Butterflies and Moths in Australia favour species in THEACEAE for their foodplant, including:

Hypochrysops ignita

Orgyia australis

Ischyja manlia

Pholodes sinistraria

Homona spargotis

Athetis thoracica

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 3 January 2013, 5 January 2024)