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Acmena smithii
Lilly Pilly
Sydney, September 2006
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Angophora costata
Apple Gum
Sydney, November 2006
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Backhousia myrtifolia
Grey Myrtle
Wyee, November 2006
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Callistemon citrinus
White Anzac
Concord, June 2007
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Calothamnus quadrifidus
Net Bush
Perth, October, 2007
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Corymbia maculata
Spotted Gum
Wyee, May 2008
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Corymbia torelliana
Cadaghi
Bundaberg, October 2006
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Eucalyptus caesia
Silver Princess
Churchill, September 1994
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Eucalyptus gracilis
Yorrell
Annuello Reserve, Victoria
Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens
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Eucalyptus haemastoma
Scribbly Gum
Lidcombe, November 2006
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Eucalyptus leucoxylon
Yellow Gum
Little Desert, October 1989
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Eucalyptus microcorys
Tallowwood
Concord, June 2007
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Eucalyptus propinqua
Grey Gum
Wyee, February 2008
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Eucalyptus sideroxylon
Red Ironbark
Concord, June 2007
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Eugenia uniflora
Pitanga
Bundaberg, December 2006
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Kunzea ambigua
Tick Bush
Concord, )ctober 2008
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Leptospermum species
Tea Tree
Sydney, September 2006
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Lophostemon confertus
Brush Box
Sydney, September 2006
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Melaleuca gibbosa
Slender Honey-myrtle
Hobart, January 1982
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Melaleuca leucadendra
River Tea Tree
Magnetic Island, July 2005
Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Three species of Butterfly in Australia have caterpillars which prefer feeding on plants in Myrtaceae, namely:

However, caterpillars of several thousand species of moths in many families, in Australia, do have a preference for feeding on foliage of plants in Myrtaceae, including: