Hibbertia family : DILLENIACEAE (DILLENIIDAE) of Australia

Flower Families

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

Plant Classes

Dillenia alata Red Beech Townsville, July 2008, Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson	Hibbertia acicularis Prickly Guinea Flower Wonboyn, NSW Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington	Hibbertia aspera Rough Guinea Flower Wonboyn, NSW Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington	Hibbertia dentata Toothed Guinea Flower Wonboyn, NSW Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington
Hibbertia fasciculata Bundled Guinea Flower Wonboyn, NSW Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington	Hibbertia hermanniifolia Wedge-leaved Guinea Flower Wyee, March 2007	Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea Flower Melbourne, December 2007 Specimen: courtesy of Sara Miranda	Hibbertia scandens Climbing Guinea Flower Concord, February, 2007

Some species in DILLENIACEAE have been used as the foodplant by caterpillars of a number of species of Australian Moths, for example:

Eutrichopidia latinus

Periscepta polysticta

Phalaenoides glycinae

Phalaenoides tristifica

Oxyptilus causodes

Anachloris subochraria

Anachloris tofocolorata

Anachloris uncinata

Phricanthes asperana

Phricanthes flexilineana

Gnathothlibus eras

Hippotion brennus

Theretra celerio

Theretra oldenlandiae

Pollanisus apicalis

Pollanisus cupreus

Pollanisus subdolosa

Pollanisus viridipulverulenta

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 4 January 2016, 24 October 2019, 10 March 2020, 12 March 2021, 19 May 2022)