ZYGAENIDAE of Australia
Foresters and Burnet Moths
 ZYGAENOIDEA

ZYGAENIDAE

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

(updated 28 January 2012)

ZYGAENIDAE

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This family has moths very brightly coloured in metallic-looking oranges, blacks, greens and blues. The adult moths of many species in this family are day-flying, in contrast to their Caterpillars which are nocturnal feeders. The moths can release the poisonous gas Hydrogen Cyanide, which may account for their warning colours. The 43 named Australian species of ZYGAENIDAE are:

  • Australariona mirabilis

  • Hestiochora continentalis
  • Hestiochora erythrota
  • Hestiochora furcata
  • Hestiochora intermixa
  • Hestiochora occidentalis
  • Hestiochora queenslandensis
    Hestiochora tricolor
    Hestiochora xanthocoma

  • Homophylotis artonoides
  • Homophylotis pseudothyridota
  • Homophylotis thyridota

  • Myrtartona coronias
  • Myrtartona leucopleura
  • Myrtartona mariannae
  • Myrtartona rufiventris

  • Onceropyga anelia
  • Onceropyga pulchra

  • Palmartona catoxantha

  • Pollanisus acharon
  • Pollanisus angustifrons
    Pollanisus apicalis
  • Pollanisus calliceros
  • Pollanisus commoni
  • Pollanisus contrastus
  • Pollanisus cupreus
    Pollanisus cyanota
  • Pollanisus edwardsi
  • Pollanisus empyrea
  • Pollanisus eumetopus
  • Pollanisus eungellae
  • Pollanisus incertus
  • Pollanisus isolatus
  • Pollanisus lithopastus
  • Pollanisus modestus
  • Pollanisus nielseni
    Pollanisus subdolosa
  • Pollanisus trimacula
    Pollanisus viridipulverulenta : Satin-Green Forester

  • Pseudoamuria neglecta
  • Pseudoamuria uptoni

  • Thyrassia inconcinnas

  • Turneriprocris dolens

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