List of moths of Australia (Zygaenidae)
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In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Zygaenidae
Zygaenidae
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. There are about 1000 species. Various species are commonly known as Burnet or Forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots,...

 comprises the "forester and burnet moths", only species of the tribe Artonini (subfamily Procridinae
Procridinae
Procridinae is a subfamily of the Zygaenidae family.-Genera:* Acoloithus Clemens, 1860* Adscita Retzius, 1783* Artona Walker, 1854* Australartona Tarmann, 2005 * Clelea Walker, 1854* Euclimaciopsis Tremewan, 1973...

) are found in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. This list acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
  • Australartona mirabilis
    Australartona mirabilis
    Australartona mirabilis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in southern temperate mountain rainforests in New South Wales and southern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 8-8.5 mm. It is a weak flyer. Adults are on wing during the day....

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Hestiochora continentalis
    Hestiochora continentalis
    Hestiochora continentalis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from southern Queensland through New South Wales to Victoria and South Australia. It is also present in Western Australia....

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Hestiochora erythrota
    Hestiochora erythrota
    Hestiochora erythrota is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in New South Wales and Queensland.-External links:*...

    Meyrick, 1886
  • Hestiochora furcata
    Hestiochora furcata
    Hestiochora furcata is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from southern Queensland through New South Wales to Victoria and South Australia....

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Hestiochora intermixta
    Hestiochora intermixta
    Hestiochora intermixta is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.-External links:**...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Hestiochora occidentalis
    Hestiochora occidentalis
    Hestiochora occidentalis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is endemic to the temperate parts of Western Australia.The length of the forewings is 7.5-9 mm for males and 8.5-9 mm for females...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Hestiochora queenslandensis
    Hestiochora queenslandensis
    Hestiochora queenslandensis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 7.5-9 mm for males and 8.5-10 mm for females. There are at least two generations per year....

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Hestiochora tricolor
    Hestiochora tricolor
    Hestiochora tricolor is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the southern half of Australia, including Tasmania.The wingspan is about 20 mm. The adults are rather wasp-like. They have black bodies with white bands, and a red collar around their heads...

    (Walker, 1854)
  • Hestiochora xanthocoma
    Hestiochora xanthocoma
    Hestiochora xanthocoma is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the tropical parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland.The length of the forewings is 7-8 mm for males and 8-8.5 mm for females. The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are rather wasp-like. They have a black body with some...

    Meyrick, 1886
  • Homophylotis artonoides
    Homophylotis artonoides
    Homophylotis artonoides is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland .The length of the forewings is about 5 mm for males and females. The upperside of the forewings is dark greyish brown with a green tinge. The underside is yellowish grey proximally, but darker...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Homophylotis pseudothyridota
    Homophylotis pseudothyridota
    Homophylotis pseudothyridota is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm for males and 5 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is dark greyish brown, sometimes with a faint greenish tinge. The underside is...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Homophylotis thyridota
    Homophylotis thyridota
    Homophylotis thyridota is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm for males and 5 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is dark grey-brown, sometimes with a faint greenish tinge. The underside is paler...

    Turner, 1904
  • Myrtartona coronias
    Myrtartona coronias
    Myrtartona coronias is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Australia, from southern Queensland to Tasmania....

    (Meyrick, 1886)
  • Myrtartona leucopleura
    Myrtartona leucopleura
    Myrtartona leucopleura is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory....

    (Meyrick, 1886)
  • Myrtartona mariannae
    Myrtartona mariannae
    Myrtartona mariannae is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from Milmerran in south-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 8.5 mm for males. The wings are elongate. The forewing is slender and somewhat triangular, while the hindwing is almost rectangular but...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Myrtartona rufiventris
    Myrtartona rufiventris
    Myrtartona rufiventris is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria.The length of the forewings is 9-10.5 mm for males and 7.5-8.5 mm for females. The forewings are blackish brown with scattered whitish scales...

    (Walker, 1854)
  • Onceropyga anelia
    Onceropyga anelia
    Onceropyga anelia is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in eastern Queensland and the northern parts of eastern New South Wales....

    Turner, 1906
  • Onceropyga pulchra
    Onceropyga pulchra
    Onceropyga pulchra is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 6.5 mm for males and 8 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is dark brown with a slightly lighter spot at the end of the...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Palmartona catoxantha (Hampson, 1893)
  • Pollanisus acharon
    Pollanisus acharon
    Pollanisus acharon is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from the type specimen, a female probably collected in Cooktown in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 7 mm for females.-External links:**...

    (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Pollanisus angustifrons
    Pollanisus angustifrons
    Pollanisus angustifrons is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 7-7.5 mm for males. Adults have only been collected in March and April, but there are probably two or more generations per year.-External links:**...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pollanisus apicalis
    Pollanisus apicalis
    Pollanisus apicalis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the eastern part of Australia ....

    (Walker, 1854)
  • Pollanisus calliceros
    Pollanisus calliceros
    Pollanisus calliceros is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 6.5-8 mm for males...

    Turner, 1926
  • Pollanisus commoni
    Pollanisus commoni
    Pollanisus commoni is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found along the coast of north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 7-7.5 mm for males and 6.5-7.5 mm for females.Larvae have been reared on Dillenia alata.-External links:...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pollanisus contrastus
    Pollanisus contrastus
    Pollanisus contrastus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 6-7.5 mm for males and 6.5-7.5 mm for females. There are two generations per year.-External links:**...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pollanisus cupreus
    Pollanisus cupreus
    Pollanisus cupreus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Western Australia.The larvae probably feed on Hibbertia hypericoides.-External links:**...

    Walker, 1854
  • Pollanisus cyanota
    Pollanisus cyanota
    Pollanisus cyanota is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.The length of the forewings is 6-6.5 mm for males and females. There are two generations per year....

    (Meyrick, 1886)
  • Pollanisus edwardsi
    Pollanisus edwardsi
    Pollanisus edwardsi is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from southern Queensland to Victoria.The length of the forewings is 9-11 mm for males and 7-8.5 mm for females, making it the largest species in the Pollanisus genus. There is one generation per year in Victoria and New South Wales...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pollanisus empyrea
    Pollanisus empyrea
    Pollanisus empyrea is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is endemic to the temperate parts of Western Australia.The length of the forewings is 8-8.5 mm for males and females...

    (Meyrick, 1888)
  • Pollanisus eumetopus
    Pollanisus eumetopus
    Pollanisus eumetopus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found along the coast of north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is 6-7 mm for males and 5.5-7.5 mm for females. There are probably multiple generations per year....

    Turner, 1926
  • Pollanisus eungellae
    Pollanisus eungellae
    Pollanisus eungellae is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from the type locality Eungella, an isolated rainforest area in north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 6 mm for males and 6.5 mm for females....

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pollanisus incertus
    Pollanisus incertus
    Pollanisus incertus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found along the coast of north-eastern Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 8 mm for males and about 8.5 mm for females.The larvae feed on Tetracera nordtiana....

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pollanisus isolatus
    Pollanisus isolatus
    Pollanisus isolatus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from the type location Beaconsfield in Victoria.The length of the forewings is about 7 mm for males.-External links:**...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pollanisus lithopastus
    Pollanisus lithopastus
    Pollanisus lithopastus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from northern New South Wales to Victoria and Tasmania. It is mostly found in mountainous areas at higher elevations, but has also been found at sea level, especially in Tasmania....

    Turner, 1926
  • Pollanisus modestus
    Pollanisus modestus
    Pollanisus modestus is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is only known from Clyde Mountain in New South Wales.The type location is a slightly damp heath-like clearing with Hibbertia species.The length of the forewings is about 7.5 mm for males....

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pollanisus nielseni
    Pollanisus nielseni
    Pollanisus nielseni is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It inhabits Western Australia, mostly coastal areas, and has brilliantly shiny forewings. The diurnal adults are most active on sunny days. Eggs are laid on the plant Hibbertia spicata, and females touch each egg after oviposition with a...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pollanisus subdolosa
    Pollanisus subdolosa
    Pollanisus subdolosa is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Victoria and from south-eastern Queensland to New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 7.5-10.5 mm for males and 7-8 mm for females...

    (Walker, 1865)
  • Pollanisus trimacula
    Pollanisus trimacula
    Pollanisus trimacula is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and eastern parts of New South Wales.The length of the forewings is 7.5-9.5 mm for males and 8-9 mm for females...

    (Walker, 1854)
  • Pollanisus viridipulverulenta
    Pollanisus viridipulverulenta
    The Satin-Green Forester is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the eastern part of Australia ....

    (Guérin-Méneville, 1839)
  • Pseudoamuria neglecta
    Pseudoamuria neglecta
    Pseudoamuria neglecta is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland.The length of the forewings is 7 mm for females. The wings are elongate. The upperside of the forewings is dark brownish grey, with a small divided yellow spot on the distal part of the cell. The...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Pseudoamuria uptoni
    Pseudoamuria uptoni
    Pseudoamuria uptoni is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland .The length of the forewings is 6.5 mm for males and 7 mm for females. The wings are short. The upperside of the forewings is dark greenish grey with a purple sheen and the underside is whitish grey, but darker...

    Tarmann, 2005
  • Thyrassia inconcinna
    Thyrassia inconcinna
    Thyrassia inconcinna is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Queensland.There are at least two generations per year.The length of the forewings is 10-11 mm for males and 12-12.5 mm for females...

    Swinhoe, 1892
  • Turneriprocris dolens (Walker, 1854)

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