AGANAINAE of Australia Tropical Tiger Moths (formerly known as HYPSIDAE) EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

AGANAINAE caterpillars

AGANAINAE pupa

AGANAINAE moths

AGANAINAE undersides

AGANAINAE forewings

Sometimes this is listed as a sub-family of ARCTIINAE, but here, following the more recent Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) we list it as a subfamily of EREBIDAE. The 9 named Australian species in AGANAINAE are:

Agape chloropyga

Asota australis
Asota caricae
Asota heliconia
Asota iodamia
Asota orbona
Asota plagiata

Digama marmorea : Six-spotted Moth

Neochera dominia

Further reading :

Peter Hendry,
The Aganainae,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 58 (September 2010), pp. 21-22.

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(updated 31 May 2014, 4 December 2024)