ACONTIINAE of Australia
NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA

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

(updated 3 october 2006)

Some common Australian species of the 170 in ACONTIINAE are:

Acontia nivipicta

  • Acontia thapsina

  • Alypophanes iridocosma

  • Amyna axis

  • Araeopteron canescens

  • Autoba abrupta
  • Autoba crassiuscula
  • Autoba silicula
  • Autoba versicolor

  • Carmara subcervina

  • Cerynea trogobasis

  • Chaograptis crystallodes

    Clytoscopa iorrhoda

  • Clytoscopa serena

    Coccidiphaga scitula

  • Cophanta funestalis

  • Corgatha minuta
  • Corgatha semipardata

  • Decticryptis deleta

  • Diastema tigris

  • Ecnomia hesychima

  • Enispa violacea

  • Epopsima fasciolata

    Eublemma anachoresis
    Eublemma dimidialis
    Eublemma rivula

  • Eugatha thermochroa

  • Eulocastra fasciata

  • Eustrotia papuensis

  • Habrophyes xuthosoma

  • Haplopseustis erythrias

  • Heterorta plutonis

  • Himerois univittata

  • Holocryptis phasianura

  • Hypobleta cymaea

  • Hyposada hydrocampata

  • Lacistophenes hackeri

    Maliattha amorpha
    Maliattha signifera

  • Metaeomera dubia

  • Metachrostis paurograpta

  • Metasada polycesta

  • Micraeschus rufipallens

    Micrapatetis leucozona

  • Microedma extorris

  • Narangodes nigridiscata

  • Oruza crocodeta

  • Ozarba punctigera

  • Parerastia castaneata

  • Peperita molybdopasta

  • Pseudcraspedia puntata

  • Pseudephyra straminea

  • Pseudozarba orthopetes

  • Pyripnoa auricularia

    Sarrothripta baeopis

  • Sophta concavata
  • Sophta poecilota

  • Tabomeeres dolera

  • Technemon epichares

  • Thaumasiodes eurymitra

  • Trissernis prasinoscia

  • Vescia digona

  • Xanthograpta purpurascens

  • Xenopseustis poecilastis

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