Moths of Australian NOCTUIDAE

Some photos of moths in NOCTUIDAE in Australia
NOCTUIDAE , NOCTUOIDEA

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NOCTUIDAE in Australia
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

(updated 13 February 2012)

NOCTUIDAE

caterpillar pictures

ACONTIINAE

*Acontia clerana*	*Acontia crocata*	*Acontia detrita*	*Acontia elaeoa*
*Acontia nivipicta*	*Acontia thapsina*	*Alypophanes iridocosma*	*Amyna apicipuncta*
*Amyna axis*	*Autoba abrupta*	*Autoba crassiuscula*	*Autoba dispar*
*Autoba pectorora*	*Autoba rubra*	*Autoba sphragidota*	*Autoba versicolor*
*Cerynea trogobasis*	*Clytoscopa iorrhoda*	*Coccidiphaga scitula*	*Corgatha dichionistis*
*Corgatha dipyra*	*Corgatha figuralis*	*Corgatha minuta*	*Corgatha omopis*
*Corgatha sideropasta*	*Enispa niviceps*	*Enispa parva*	*Enispa prolectus*
*Enispa rhodopleura*	*Enispa violacea*	*Epopsima fasciolata*	*Eublemma anachoresis*
*Eublemma cochylioides*	*Eublemma dimidialis*	*Eublemma inconspicua*	*Eublemma leucodesma*
*Eublemma lozostropha*	*Eublemma pudica*	*Eublemma ragusana*	*Eublemma rivula*
*Eublemma roseana*	*Eublemma rufipuncta*	*Eublemma vestalis*	*Eulocastra fasciata*
*Habrophyes xuthosoma*	*Hyposada postvittata*	*Hyposada hydrocampata*	*Maliattha amorpha*
*Maliattha ferrugina*	*Maliattha ritsemae*	*Maliattha signifera*	*Mataeomera ligata*
*Mataeomera mesotaenia*	*Metachrostis paurograpta*	*Micrapatetis leucozona*	*Micrapatetis orthozona*
*Ozarba chrysaspis*	*Ozarba punctigera*	*Parerastria castaneata*	*Sarrothripta baeopis*
*Selenis semilux*	*Sophta concavata*	*Sophta poecilota*	*Thermesia cariosa*

Xanthograpta purpurascens

Zagira stragulata

ACRONICTINAE

*Acronicta psorallina*	*Aedia arctipennis*	*Aedia leucomelas*	*Aedia olivescens*
*Aedia sericea*	*Craniophora fasciata*	*Craniophora nodyna*	*Thalatha bryochlora*

Thalatha melaleuca

Thalatha trichroma

AGARISTINAE

*Agarista agricola*	*Apina callisto*	*Argyrolepidia aequalis*	*Argyrolepidia fractus*
*Burgena varia*	*Comocrus behri*	*Cremnophora angasii*	*Cruria donowani*
*Cruria kochii*	*Cruria synopla*	*Eutrichopidia latinus*	*Hecatesia fenestrata*
*Hecatesia exultans*	*Hecatesia thyridion*	*Idalima affinis*	*Idalima leonora*
*Ipanica cornigera*	*Leucogonia ekeikei*	*Periopta ardescens*	*Periopta diversa*
*Periscepta polystricta*	*Phalaenoides glycinae*	*Phalaenoides tristifica*	*Platagarista macleayi*

Radinocera maculosus

Radinocera vagata

AMPHIPYRINAE

*Athetis maculatra*	*Athetis reclusa*	*Athetis tenuis*	*Athetis thoracica*
*Aucha triphaenoides*	*Aucha vesta*	*Bathytricha truncata*	*Callopistria ferruginea*
*Callopistria maillardi*	*Callyna leuconota*	*Callyna monoleuca*	*Chasmina candida*
*Chasmina pulchra*	*Condica aroana*	*Condica dolorosa*	*Condica illecta*
*Condica praesecta*	*Cosmodes elegans*	*Data aroa*	*Data pratti*
*Diplonephra ditata*	*Dipterygia babooni*	*Epicyrtica leucostigma*	*Epicyrtica metallica*
*Eremochroa alphitias*	*Eremochroa macropa*	*Eremochroa paradesma*	*Eremochroa psammias*
*Eremochroa thermidora*	*Euplexia polycmeta*	*Hypoperigea tonsa*	*Neumichtis adamantina*
*Neumichtis archephanes*	*Neumichtis callisina*	*Neumichtis expulsa*	*Neumichtis mesophaea*
*Neumichtis nigerrima*	*Neumichtis prolifera*	*Neumichtis saliaris*	*Neumichtis sepultrix*
*Neumichtis signata*	*Neumichtis spumigera*	*Pachythrix hampsoni*	*Pachythrix mniochlora*
*Pachythrix smaragdistis*	*Pansemna beryllodes*	*Proteuxoa angasi*	*Proteuxoa atra*
*Proteuxoa bistrigula*	*Proteuxoa capularis*	*Proteuxoa cinereicollis*	*Proteuxoa cornuta*
*Proteuxoa euchroa*	*Proteuxoa flexirena*	*Proteuxoa florescens*	*Proteuxoa heliosema*
*Proteuxoa hydraeciodes*	*Proteuxoa hypochalchis*	*Proteuxoa marginalis*	*Proteuxoa metaneura*
*Proteuxoa nuna*	*Proteuxoa oxygona*	*Proteuxoa paragypsa*	*Proteuxoa porphyrescens*
*Proteuxoa passalota*	*Proteuxoa petrodora*	*Proteuxoa restituta*	*Proteuxoa rubripuncta*
*Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta*	*Proteuxoa sarcomorpha*	*Proteuxoa tibiata*	*Proteuxoa tortisigna*
*Sasunaga leucorina*	*Spodoptera exempta*	*Spodoptera exigua*	*Spodoptera litura*

Spodoptera mauritia

Spodoptera picta

Syntheta xylitis

CATOCALINAE

Abriesa derna	Acantholipes juba	Achaea argilla	Achaea eusciasta
Achaea janata	Achaea serva	Agamana cavatalis	Alapadna pauropis
Alophosoma emmelopis	Alophosoma hypoxantha	Amphiongia chordophoides	Anisoneura aluco
Anomis combinans	Anomis definata	Anomis flava	Anomis involuta
Anomis lyona	Anticarsia irrorata	Aroana rubra	Arthisma scissuralis
Athyrma subpunctata	Avatha discolor	Avatha novoguineana	Avatha subumbra
Avitta discipuncta	Axiocteta oenoplex	Axiocteta turneri	Bocula odontosema
Brevipecten captata	Chalciope alcyona	Conosema pratti	Crioa acronyctoides
Crioa hades	Cultripalpa partita	Cyclodes spectans	Dasypodia cymatodes
Dasypodia selenophora	Delgamma pangonia	Dermaleipa microrrhoea	Diatenes aglossoides
Diplothecta loxomita	Donuca castalia	Donuca lanipes	Donuca memorabilis
Donuca orbigera	Donuca rubropicta	Donuca spectabilis	Donuca xanthopyga
Dysgonia absentimacula	Dysgonia arctotaenia	Dysgonia calefasciens	Dysgonia constricta
Dysgonia copidiphora	Dysgonia curvisecta	Dysgonia dicoela	Dysgonia frontinus
Dysgonia hamatilis	Dysgonia infractafinis	Dysgonia latizona	Dysgonia monogona
Dysgonia senex	Dysgonia solomonensis	Eporectis tephropis	Episparis angulatilinea
Ercheia dubia	Ercheia ekeikei	Ercheia kebea	Erebus crepuscularis
Erebus macfarlanei	Erebus nyctaculis	Erebus terminitincta	Ericeia sobria
Ericeia subsignata	Eudesmeola lawsoni	Eudocima aurantia	Eudocima cocalus
Eudocima fullonia	Eudocima iridescens	Eudocima jordani	Eudocima materna
Eudocima salaminia	Fodina ostorius	Gesonia obeditalis	Glottula atronitens
Grammodes cooma	Grammodes geometrica	Grammodes justa	Grammodes ocellata
Grammodes oculata	Grammodes oculicola	Grammodes pulcherrima	Grammodes quaesita
Hamodes propitia	Homodes bracteigutta	Homodes iomolybda	Hulodes caranea
Hulodes drylla	Hyperlopha aridela	Hyperlopha cristifera	Hypocala affinis
Hypocala guttiventris	Hypospila creberrima	Hypospila dochmotoma	Ischyja albata
Ischyja ebusa	Ischyja manlia	Ischyja neocherina	Lacera noctilio
Lophoruza diversalis	Loxioda hampsoni	Madope auferens	Mecodina praecipua
Meranda susialis	Mocis alterna	Mocis frugalis	Mocis trifasciata
Nagia linteola	Niguza eucesta	Niguza spiramioides	Ophiusa coronata
Ophiusa discriminans	Ophiusa disjungens	Ophiusa hituense	Ophiusa parcemacula
Ophiusa tirhaca	Ophyx ochroptera	Ophyx pseudoptera	Oxyodes scrobiculata
Oxyodes tricolor	Pandesma submurina	Pangrapta adoxopis	Pantydia capistrata
Pantydia metaspila	Pantydia sparsa	Pericyma cruegeri	Phyllodes imperialis
Phytometra formosalis	Phytometra laevis	Pindara serratilinea	Platyja cyanopasta
Platyja umminia	Plusiodonta arctipennis	Plusiodonta coelonota	Polydesmiola meekii
Praxis edwardsii	Praxis marmarinopa	Praxis porphyretica	Prorocopis euxantha
Raparna crocophara	Rhapsa suscitatalis	Rhesalides curvata	Rusicada revocans
Saroba rufescens	Saroba trimaculata	Schistorhynx unistriga	Serrodes campana
Speiredonia mutabilis	Speiredonia obscura	Speiredonia spectans	Spirama recessa
Sympis parkeri	Sympis rufibasis	Sypna buruensis	Tamba cyrtogramma
Tamba elachista	Tamba haemacta	Tathorhynchus fallax	Thyas miniacea
Trigonodes cephise	Trigonodes hyppasia	Tropidtamba lepraota	Ulothrichopus dinawa

Xenogenes miranda

Zethes alfura

CUCULLIINAE

Calophasidia dentifera

Neogalia sunia

EUTELIINAE

Atacira olivaceiplaga

Paectes cyanodes

Pataeta carbo

Penicillaria jocosatrix

Targalla delatrix

Targalla palliatrix

Targalla subocellata

HADENINAE

*Brithys crini*	*Cerastis punctosa*	*Cirphis ebriosa*	*Dasygaster epundoides*
*Dasygaster nephelistis*	*Dasygaster padockina*	*Elusa ceneusalis*	*Elusa oenolopha*
*Elusa semipecten*	*Leucania abdominalis*	*Leucania cruegeri*	*Leucania diatrecta*
*Leucania leucosta*	*Leucania melanopasta*	*Leucania obumbrata*	*Leucania obusta*
*Leucania polysticha*	*Leucania scottii*	*Leucania stenographa*	*Leucania venalba*
*Leucania uda*	*Leucania yu*	*Mamestra dictyota*	*Metopiora sanguinata*
*Mythimna acontosema*	*Mythimna convecta*	*Mythimna cryptargyrea*	*Mythimna decisissima*
*Mythimna formosana*	*Mythimna reversa*	*Mythimna separata*	*Persectania dyscrita*

Persectania ewingii

Tiracola plagiata

HELIOTHINAE

*Adisura dulcis*	*Adisura marginalis*	*Australothis rubrescens*	*Helicoverpa armigera*
*Helicoverpa assulta*	*Helicoverpa punctigera*	*Heliocheilus aberrans*	*Heliocheilus aleurota*
*Heliocheilus canusina*	*Heliocheilus cistella*	*Heliocheilus cramboides*	*Heliocheilus eodora*
*Heliocheilus ionola*	*Heliocheilus melibaphes*	*Heliocheilus mesoleuca*	*Heliocheilus moribunda*
*Heliocheilus neurias*	*Heliocheilus osmidus*	*Heliothis roseivena*	*Heliothis punctifera*

HYPENINAE

*Arrade destituta*	*Arrade leucocosmalis*	*Artigisa melanephele*	*Calathusa basicunea*
*Calathusa hypotherma*	*Catada apoblepta*	*Dichromia quinqualis*	*Elaphristis leucochorda*
*Hypena conscitalis*	*Hypena gonospilalis*	*Hypena gypsospila*	*Hypena masurialis*
*Hypena subvittalis*	*Lysimelia lenis*	*Meyrickella torquesauria*	*Prolophota pallida*

Rhynchodontodes chalcias

Sandava scitisignata

Sandava xylistis

HYPENODINAE

Luceria oculalis

NOCTUINAE

*Agrotis infusa*	*Agrotis ipsilon*	*Agrotis munda*	*Agrotis poliotis*
*Agrotis porphyricollis*	*Agrotis radians*	*Diarsia intermixta*	*Ectopatria aspera*
*Ectopatria horologa*	*Ectopatria mundoides*	*Ectopatria paurogramma*	*Ectopatria pelosticta*
*Ectopatria plinthina*	*Ectopatria spilonata*	*Ectopatria subrufescens*	*Ectopatria umbrosa*

Ectopatria xerampelina

PLUSIINAE

Anadevidia peponis
Argyrogramma signata
Autoplusia illustrata
Chrysodeixis acuta

Chrysodeixis argentifera
Chrysodeixis eriosoma
Chrysodeixis illuminata
Chrysodeixis subsidens

Ctenoplusia albostriata
Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Trichoplusia lectula

STICTOPTERINAE

Lophoptera abbreviata

Lophoptera vittigera

Stictoptera aequisecta

Stictoptera pammeces

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