Caltrop family: ZYGOPHYLLACEAE (ROSIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

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

Plant Classes

Tribulus cistoides Goat’s Head Burr Magnetic Island Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Tribulus terrestris Caltrop Uluru, December 2008

Zygophyllum apiculatum Common Twinleaf Sydney, August 2006

Zygophyllum aurantiacum Shrubby Twinleaf Wyee, July 2009

Caterpillars of some Australian Butterflies and Moths favour species in ZYGOPHYLLACEAE for their foodplant, including:

Zizeeria karsandra

Achaea janata

Grammodes stolida

Hyles livornicoides

Heliothis punctifera

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 3 January 2013, 5 January 2024)