Crepe Myrtle family
LYTHRACEAE in Australia
including
Ammanniaceae, Blattiaceae, Duabangaceae, Lagerstroemiaceae, Lawsoniaceae, Punicaceae, Salicariaceae, Sonneratiaceae, Surianaceae and Trapaceae.
ROSIDAE

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Flowers in Australia

Cuphea hyssopifolia
Mexican False Heather
Sydney, October 2006

Cuphea ignea
Cigar Plant
Sydney, April 2008

Cuphea micropetala
Mexican Giant Cigar Plant
Adelaide, 2006

Cuphea 'Starfire'
Starfire
Wyee, December 2006

Lagerstroemia indica
Crepe Myrtle
Sydney, November 2006

Punica granatum
Pomegranate
Sydney, September 2006

Plants in LYTHRACEAE are attacked by caterpillars of a number of Butterflies and Moths in Australia, including:


Ectomyelois ceratoniae

Arhopala centaurus

Arhopala micale

Anthene seltuttus

Theretra latreillii

Risoba obstructa

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Australian
Australian Butterflies
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Australian
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moths

(updated 6 September 2009)