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Checklist of Superfamily Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809 (Burnet moths)
for Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
937
21291
104803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
933
21259
104731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
882
20999
104014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
536
16084
86183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
98
4838
18256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
96
4803
18204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
91
4774
18052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
43
1832
8221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
9
100
311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Zygaenoidea
Latreille, 1809
Burnet moths, Burnets, Flannel, Forester moths
7
64
191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
7 Families width 191 Species and 8 Subspecies
Zygaenidae (Latreille, 1809)Burnet Forester74SpeciesTaxom
Epipyropidae Dyar, 1903Planthopper Parasite Moths6SpeciesTaxom
Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845Cup moths85SpeciesTaxom
Lacturidae Heppner, 1995Australian burnet moths19SpeciesTaxom
Dalceridae Dyar, 1898Dalcerid moths1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclotornidae Meyrick, 1912Australian Parasite Moths5SpeciesTaxom
Aididae Schaus, 19061SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Australia
64 Genera with 191 Species
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Z

Adscita Retzius, 1886Forester species2SpeciesTaxom
Agamopsyche Perkins, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Ambaliha Viette, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Anaxidia Swinhoe, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Anepopsia Turner, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Anticrates Meyrick, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Apoda Haworth, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Apodecta Turner, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Australartona Tarmann, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Birthamoides Hering, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Ca Dyar, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Calcarifera Hering, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Caprima Walker, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Casphalia Walker, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Chalcocelis Hampson, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Chalcoscelis Turner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Chelura Hope, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Comana Walker, 192715SpeciesTaxom
Comanula Hering, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Cyclotorna Meyrick, 19076SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtosia Packard, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Dalcera Herrich-Schä..., 18901SpeciesTaxom
Doratifera Duncan, 180510SpeciesTaxom
Ecnomoctena Turner, 19414SpeciesTaxom
Elassoptila Turner, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Eloasa Walker, 193614SpeciesTaxom
Eterusia Hope, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Euclimaciopsis Tremewan, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Euctenia Gerstaecker, 18555SpeciesTaxom
Gavara Walker, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Hadraphe Karsch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Hedraea Turner, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Hestiochora Meyrick, 186611SpeciesTaxom
Heteropsyche Perkins, 19056SpeciesTaxom
Homophylotis Turner, 19044SpeciesTaxom
Hydroclada Meyrick, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Hypselolopha Turner, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Lactura Walker, 185116SpeciesTaxom
Lamprolepida Turner, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Latoia Guérin-Ménev..., 18961SpeciesTaxom
Limacochara Fletcher, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Mecytha Walker, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Mimascaptesyle Hering, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Monoleuca Grote & Robi..., 19301SpeciesTaxom
Myrtartona Tarmann, 18545SpeciesTaxom
Onceropyga Turner, 20053SpeciesTaxom
Palmartona Tarmann, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Parasoidea Hering, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Phlebohecta jordani# West, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Pollanisus Walker, 183932SpeciesTaxom
Praesusica Hering, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Procris Herrich-Schä..., 18874SpeciesTaxom
Pseudanapaea Hering, 19314SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoamuria Tarmann, 20053SpeciesTaxom
Pygmaeomorpha Bethune-Baker, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Scopelodes Westwood, 19044SpeciesTaxom
Squamosa Bethune-Baker, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Susica Walker, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Thosea Walker, 1931Nettle grubs3SpeciesTaxom
Thyrassia Butler, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Tortricidia Packard, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Turneriprocris Bryk, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Xenarchus Herrich-Schä..., 18561SpeciesTaxom
Zygaena Fabricius, 1775Burnet5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
191 Species and 8 Subspecies
Adscita coronias (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Myrtartona coronias Meyrick, 1886
Adscita leucopleura (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Myrtartona mariannae Tarmann, 2005
Agamopsyche threnodes Perkins, 1905
Ambaliha lactea (Swinhoe, 1892)⇒ Anaxidia lactea Swinhoe, 1892
Ambaliha lozogramma (Turner, 1902)⇒ Anaxidia lozogramma Turner, 1902
Anaxidia lactea Swinhoe, 1892
Anaxidia lozogramma Turner, 1902
Anepopsia eugyra Turner, 1926
Anepopsia tephraea Turner, 1926
Anticrates metreta Turner, 1903
Anticrates paraxantha Meyrick, 1907
Anticrates phaedima Turner, 1913
Anticrates zapyra Meyrick, 1907
Apoda xylomeli (Scott, 1864)⇒ Comana fasciata Walker, 1855
Apodecta monodisca Turner, 1902
Australartona mirabilis Tarmann, 2005
Birthamoides plagioscia Turner, 1902
Calcarifera ordinata Butler, 1886Wattle Cup Caterpillar
Caprima gelida (Walker, 1864)⇒ Damias mendax Boisduval, 1832
Casphalia citrimaculata Aurivillius, 1905
Chalcocelis albiguttatus Snellen, 1879
Chalcocelis castanica Turner, 1926
Chalcoscelis castanica (Turner, 1926)⇒ Chalcocelis castanica Turner, 1926
Chelura terebrans Philippi, 1839
Comana albibasis Walker, 1862
Comana collaris Walker, 1865
Comana corones Fabricius, 1775
Comana cosmocalla Lower, 1902
Comana euryparoa Turner, 1927
Comana fasciata Walker, 1855
Comana idiomorpa
Comana idiomorpha Turner, 1942
Comana inexpectata Hering, 1931
Comana miltochyta Turner, 1932
Comana miltogramma Meyrick, 1891
Comana mjobergi Aurivillius, 1920
Comana monomorpha Turner, 1904
Comana resplendens Turner, 1927
Comanula uniformis Swinhoe, 1892
Cyclotorna diplocentra Turner, 1913
Cyclotorna egena Meyrick, 1912
Cyclotorna ementita Meyrick, 1921
Cyclotorna experta Meyrick, 1912
Cyclotorna monocentra Meyrick, 1907
Cyrtosia parvissimus (Roberts, 1929)⇒ Acridophagus parvissimus Roberts, 1929
Dalcera laxta Druce, 1890
Doratifera casta Scott, 1864Black Cup Moth
Doratifera corallina Turner, 1902
Doratifera ochroptila Turner, 1926
Doratifera oxleyi Newman, 1855Painted cup moth
Doratifera pinguis Walker, 1855Painted Cup Moth
Doratifera quadriguttata Walker, 1855Four Spotted Cup Moth
Doratifera stenora Turner, 1902
Doratifera unicolora (Swinhoe, 1902)⇒ Doratifera quadriguttata Walker, 1855
Doratifera vulnerans Lewin, 1805Mottled Cup Moth
Ecnomoctena brachyopa Lower, 1897
Ecnomoctena hemitoma Turner, 1926
Ecnomoctena sciobaphes Turner, 1941
Elassoptila microxutha Turner, 1902
Eloasa acrata Turner, 1926
Eloasa atmodes Turner, 1902
Eloasa bombycoides R. Felder, 1874
Eloasa brevipennis Hering, 1931
Eloasa calida Walker, 1865
Eloasa callidesma Lower, 1896
Eloasa infrequens Scott, 1864
Eloasa liosarca Lower, 1902
Eloasa luxa Swinhoe, 1902
Eloasa perixera Lower, 1902
Eloasa sphemosema
Eloasa sphenosema Lower, 1902
Eloasa symphonistis Turner, 1936
Eterusia vitessa S.H. Yen, 2003
Euctenia fusca Lea, 1917
Euctenia megalops Lea, 1917
Euctenia occidentalis Blackburn, 1899
Euctenia sericea Gerstaecker, 1855
Gavara sparsa Plötz, 1880
Hadraphe aprica Karsch, 1899
Hedraea quadridens Lucas, 1901
Hestiochora continentalis Tarmann, 2005
Hestiochora erythrota Meyrick, 1866
Hestiochora furcata Tarmann, 2005
Hestiochora intermixa
Hestiochora intermixta Tarmann, 2005
Hestiochora occidentalis Tarmann, 2005
Hestiochora queenslandensis Tarmann, 2005
Hestiochora rufiventris (Walker, 1854)⇒ Pseudoamuria neglecta Tarmann, 2005
Hestiochora tricolor Walker, 1854Forester Moth
Hestiochora xanthocoma Meyrick, 1866
Heteropsyche dyscrita (Perkins, 1905)⇒ Heteropsyche stenomorpha Perkins, 1905
Heteropsyche melanochroma (Perkins, 1905)⇒ Heteropsyche stenomorpha Perkins, 1905
Heteropsyche micromorpha Perkins, 1905
Heteropsyche poecilochroma Perkins, 1905
Heteropsyche stenomorpha Perkins, 1905
Homophylotis artonoides Tarmann, 2005
Homophylotis pseudothyridota Tarmann, 2005
Homophylotis thyridota Turner, 1904
Hydroclada antigona Meyrick, 1889
Hydroclada kenricki Bethune-Baker, 1904
Hypselolopha hypodrosa Turner, 1926
Lactura calliphylla Turner, 1903
Lactura caminaea Meyrick, 1886
Lactura cristata Butler, 1886
Lactura dives (Walker, 1854)⇒ Eustixis dives Walker, 1854
Lactura erythocera Felder & Rog..., 1875
Lactura erythractis Meyrick, 1886
Lactura haplochroa (Turner, 1932)⇒ Eustixis haplochroa Turner, 1932
Lactura laetifera Walker, 1864
Lactura leucophthalma Meyrick, 1907
Lactura mactata Felder, 1903
Lactura panopsia (Turner, 1927)⇒ Eustixis panopsia Turner, 1926
Lactura picta
Lactura pilcheri Lucas, 1891
Lactura rhodomochla (Turner, 1941)⇒ Eustixis rhodomochla Turner, 1942
Lactura sapotearum Swainson, 1851
Lamprolepida chrysochroa Felder, 1874
Latoia vitilena Karsch, 1896
Limacochara pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1904
Mecytha dnophera Turner, 1931
Mecytha fasciata Walker, 1855Macadamia cup moth
Mimascaptesyle zelotypia Hering, 1922
Monoleuca albicollis Forbes, 1930
Myrtartona coronias Meyrick, 1886
Myrtartona leucopleura Meyrick, 1886
Myrtartona mariannae Tarmann, 2005
Myrtartona rufiventris Walker, 1854
Onceropyga anelia Turner, 1906
Onceropyga pulchra Tarmann, 2005
Palmartona catoxantha Hampson, 1892
Parasoidea albicollaris Hering, 1931
Parasoidea neurocausta Turner, 1926
Parasoidea paroa Turner, 1902
Phlebohecta lithosia Oberthür, 1923
Pollanisus acharon Fabricius, 1775
Pollanisus amethystina (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Pollanisus eumetopus Turner, 1926
Pollanisus angustifrons Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus apicalis Walker, 1854
Pollanisus calliceros Turner, 1925
Pollanisus calliceros azurea Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus calliceros calliceros Turner, 1926
Pollanisus commoni Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus constrastus
Pollanisus contrastus Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus cupreus Walker, 1854
Pollanisus cyanota Meyrick, 1886
Pollanisus cyanotus (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Pollanisus cyanota Meyrick, 1886
Pollanisus edwardsi Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus empyrea Meyrick, 1888
Pollanisus eumetopus Turner, 1926
Pollanisus eungellae Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus hyacinthus Kallies, Mol..., 2018
Pollanisus incertus Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus isolatus Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus leucopleura (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Myrtartona mariannae Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus lithopastus Turner, 1926
Pollanisus marriotti Kallies & Mo..., 2011Gilwell Forester Moth
Pollanisus modestus Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus nielseni Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus sequens (Walker, 1854)⇒ Pollanisus apicalis Walker, 1854
Pollanisus subdolosa Walker, 1864
Pollanisus subdolosa clara Tarmann, 2005
Pollanisus subdolosa subdolosa Walker, 1865
Pollanisus trimacula Walker, 1854
Pollanisus viridipulverulenta Guérin-Ménev..., 1839Satin-Green Forester
Praesusica placerodes Turner, 1927
Procris coronias (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Myrtartona coronias Meyrick, 1886
Procris leucopleura (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Myrtartona mariannae Tarmann, 2005
Procris rufiventris (Walker, 1854)⇒ Pseudoamuria neglecta Tarmann, 2005
Procris subdolosa (Staudinger, 1887)⇒ Pollanisus subdolosa Walker, 1864
Pseudanapaea denotata Walker, 1865
Pseudanapaea dentifascia Hering, 1931
Pseudanapaea transvestita Hering, 1931Cup Moth
Pseudoamuria neglecta Tarmann, 2005
Pseudoamuria uptoni Tarmann, 2005
Pygmaeomorpha aquila H. Druce, 1899
Pygmaeomorpha modesta Bethune-Baker, 1904
Pygmaeomorpha ocularis Lucas, T.P., 1895
Scopelodes anthela Swinhoe, 1909
Scopelodes dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1904
Scopelodes nitens Bethune-Baker, 1904
Squamosa barymorpha Turner, 1942
Susica euryparoa (Turner, 1926)⇒ Comana euryparoa Turner, 1927
Thosea penthima Turner, 1902Billygoat plum moth
Thosea threnopis Turner, 1931
Thyrassia inconcinna Swinhoe, 1892
Thyrassia inconcinnas
Thyrassia mimetica (Swinhoe, 1892)⇒ Thyrassia inconcinna Swinhoe, 1892
Turneriprocris dolens Walker, 1854
Xenarchus osorius Herrich-Schä..., 1856
Zygaena cynarae ceriana (Burgeff, 1926)⇒ Zygaena cynarae turatii Standfuss, 1892
Zygaena purpuralis erythroides Przegendza, 1932
Zygaena sarpedon tipula Marten, 1957
Zygaena viciae charon Hübner, 1796
Zygaena annulata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Amata annulata Fabricius, 1775

Subnodes of Zygaenoidea with occurrences in Australia
FamilyAididae
Schaus, 1906
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyclotornidae
Meyrick, 1912
Australian Parasite Moths
1
5
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDalceridae
Dyar, 1898
Dalcerid moths, Glass Moths, Slug caterpillars, Tropical Slug Caterpillar Moths
2
1
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEpipyropidae
Dyar, 1903
Planthopper Parasite Moths, Planthopper parasites, Planthopper-parasite moths
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLacturidae
Heppner, 1995
Australian burnet moths, Tropical Burnet Moths
2
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLimacodidae
Duponchel, 1845
Cup moths, Limacodids, Saddleback caterpillar moths, Saddleback caterpillars, Saddleback-caterpillar moths, Slug Caterpillar Moths, Slug caterpillars, Slug moths, Slug-caterpillar moths
36
85
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyZygaenidae
Latreille, 1809
Burnet Forester, Burnet Moths, Burnets, Forester moths, Foresters, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths, Smoky moths, Zygaenid Moths
20
74
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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