Hibbertia family
DILLENIACEAE of Australia

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

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Dillenia alata Red Beech Townsville, July 2008, Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Hibbertia hermanniifolia Wedge-leaved Guinea Flower Wyee, March 2007

Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea Flower Melbourne, December 2007 Specimen: courtesy of Sara Miranda

Hibbertia scandens Clibing 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:

Anachloris uncinata	Anachloris tofocolorata	Anachloris subochraria	Phalaenoides tristifica	Eutrichopidia latinus
Periscepta polysticta	Phalaenoides glycinae	Cruria donowani	Theretra oldenlandiae	Gnathothlibus erotus

Theretra clotho

Pollanisus subdolosa

Pollanisus viridipulverulenta

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Australian butterflies

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(updated 7 February 2012)