Caterpillars that eat Roses in Australia

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

The caterpillars of the following species have been found in Australia eating the foliage and/or flowers of Roses

Amata annulata	Ardices canescens	Achaea janata	Ectropis bispinaria	Ectropis excursaria	Phrissogonus laticostata
Anisozyga pieroides	Pholodes sinistraria	Calcarifera ordinata	Acyphas species	Teia anartoides	Euproctis lutea

Euproctis melanosoma

Calliteara pura

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(updated 19 December 2009, 13 February 2023)