ACRONICTINAE of Australia
(also known as AMPHIPYRINAE)
NOCTUIDAE ,  NOCTUOIDEA

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

(updated 11 July 2008)

Some common Australian species of the 215 in ACRONICTINAE are:

  • Acrapex albicostata
  • Acrapex exsangius

  • Acronicta dinawa
     Acronicta psorallina

  • Actinotia hyperici

    Aedia arctipennis
    Aedia leucomelas
    Aedia olivescens
    Aedia sericea

  • Ancara plaesiosema

  • Athetis maculatra
  • Athetis reclusa
  • Athetis striolata
  • Athetis tenuis
  • Athetis thoracica

  • Aucha vesta

  • Bagada turpisoides

  • Barybela chionostigma

  • Bathytricha aethalion
  • Bathytricha monticola
  • Bathytricha phaeosticha
    Bathytricha truncata : Sugarcane Stem Borer

  • Borbotana nivifascia

  • Calophasidia lucala

  • Callopistria ferruginea
    Callopistria maillardi
  • Callopistria placodoides
  • Callopistria reticulata
  • Callopistria rivularis

  • Callyna leuconota
  • Callyna leucosticha
  • Callyna monoleuca

  • Calophasidia cana
  • Calophasidia dentifera
  • Calophasidia dichroa
  • Calophasidia latens
  • Calophasidia lucala
  • Calophasidia radiata

    Chasmina candida
    Chasmina pulchra

  • Chasmina tenuilinea
  • Chasmina tibialis

  • Condica aroana
  • Condica dolorosa
    Condica illecta
  • Condica praesecta
  • Condica sublucens

    Cosmodes elegans : Green Blotched Moth

    Craniophora fasciata

  • Craniophora nodyna
  • Craniophora phaeocosma

  • Data aroa
  • Data dissimilis
  • Data ochroneura
  • Data pratti
  • Data thalpophiloides

  • Diplonephra ditata

  • Dipterygina babooni

  • Eccleta xuthophanes

  • Ecpatia dulcistriga
  • Ecpatia melas

  • Epicyrtica bryistis
  • Epicyrtica docima
  • Epicyrtica hippolopha
  • Epicyrtica lathridia
  • Epicyrtica leucostigma
  • Epicyrtica lichenophora
  • Epicyrtica melanops
  • Epicyrtica metallica
  • Epicyrtica oostigma
  • Epicyrtica pamprepta

  • Eremaula minor

  • Eremochroa alphitias
  • Eremochroa paradesma

  • Eucatephia dinawa

  • Euryschema tricycla

  • Hypoperigea tonsa

  • Lignispalta incertissima

  • Lophocalama neuritis
  • Lophocalama suffusa

  • Musothyma cyanastis

  • Neumichtis adamantina
  • Neumichtis archephanes
  • Neumichtis callisina
    Neumichtis expulsa
  • Neumichtis iorrhoa
    Neumichtis mesophaea
    Neumichtis nigerrima : Black Noctuid
  • Neumichtis prolifera
    Neumichtis saliaris : Green Cutworm
  • Neumichtis sepultrix
  • Neumichtis signata
    Neumichtis spumigera

    Pachythrix hampsoni

  • Pachythrix mniochlora

  • Pansemna beryllodes

  • Paromphale caeca

  • Platyprosopa nigrostrigata

  • Prometopus inassueta

    Proteuxoa flexirena
    Proteuxoa hydraeciodes
    Proteuxoa hypochalchis

  • Proteuxoa porphyrescens
  • Proteuxoa restituta
  • Proteuxoa rubripuncta
    Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta
  • Proteuxoa tibiata
    Proteuxoa tortisigna

  • Pseudoedaleosia scoparioides

  • Sasunaga apiciplaga
  • Sasunaga leucorina
  • Sasunaga tenebrosa

    Spodoptera exempta : African Armyworm
    Spodoptera exigua : Beet Armyworm
    Spodoptera litura : Cluster Caterpillar
    Spodoptera mauritia : Lawn Armyworm
    Spodoptera picta

  • Spodoptera umbraculata

  • Stenopterygia kebea

  • Syntheta xylitis

  • Thalatha artificiosa
  • Thalatha chionobola
  • Thalatha guttalis
  • Thalatha melaleuca
  • Thalatha melanophrica
  • Thalatha symprepes
  • Thalatha trichroma

  • Thegalea haemorrhanta

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