ZYGAENIDAE of Australia
Foresters and Burnet Moths
 ZYGAENOIDEA

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

(updated 24 January 2008)

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 21 named Australian species of ZYGAENIDAE are:

  • Hestiochora erythrota
    Hestiochora tricolor
  • Hestiochora xanthocoma

  • Homophylotis thyridota

  • Onceropyga anelia

  • Pollanisus acharon
  • Pollanisus apicalis
  • Pollanisus calliceros
  • Pollanisus cupreus
  • Pollanisus cyanota
  • Pollanisus empyrea
  • Pollanisus eumetopus
  • Pollanisus lithopastus
  • Pollanisus subdolosa
  • Pollanisus trimacula
    Pollanisus viridipulverulenta : Satin-Green Forester

  • Procris coronias
  • Procris leucopleura
  • Procris rufiventris

  • Thyrassia inconcinnas

  • Turneriprocris dolens

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