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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. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots, although other families also have 'foresters'. They are also sometimes called smoky moths. All 43 species of List of moths of Australia (Zygaenidae), Australian zygaenids are commonly known as foresters and belong to the tribe Artonini. The only nonendemic species in Australia is ''Palmartona catoxantha'', a Southeast Asian pest species which is believed to be already present in Australia or likely to arrive soon.Tarmann, G.M. "Zygaenid moths of Australia. A revision of the Australian Zygaenidae". Description Larvae Larvae are stout and may be flattened. A fleshy extension of the thorax covers the head. Most feed on herbaceous plants, but some are tree feeders. Larvae in two subfamilies, Chalcosiina ...
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List Of Moths Of Australia (Zygaenidae)
{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The family (biology), family Zygaenidae comprises the "forester and burnet moths", only species of the tribe Artonini (subfamily Procridinae) are found in Australia. This list acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia. *''Australartona mirabilis'' Tarmann, 2005 *''Hestiochora continentalis'' Tarmann, 2005 *''Hestiochora erythrota'' Meyrick, 1886 *''Hestiochora furcata'' Tarmann, 2005 *''Hestiochora intermixta'' Tarmann, 2005 *''Hestiochora occidentalis'' Tarmann, 2005 *''Hestiochora queenslandensis'' Tarmann, 2005 *''Hestiochora tricolor'' (Walker, 1854) *''Hestiochora xanthocoma'' Meyrick, 1886 *''Homophylotis artonoides'' Tarmann, 2005 *''Homophylotis pseudothyridota'' Tarmann, 2005 *''Homophylotis thyridota'' Turner, 1904 *''Myrtartona coronias'' (Meyrick, 1886) *''Myrtartona leucopleura'' (Meyrick, 1886) *''Myrtartona mariannae'' Tarmann, 2005 *''Myrtartona rufiventris'' (Walker, 1854) *''Once ...
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Zygaena Filipendulae - Sechsfleck Widderchen - Raupe 01
''Zygaena'' is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae. These brightly coloured, day-flying moths are native to the West Palearctic. Description Adalbert Seitz described them thus: "Small, stout, black insects, sometimes with metallic gloss. Antenna very strongly developed; the club being considerably incrassate distally. Tongue long and strong. Legs rather short. Forewing elongate oval, black or red, rarely spotted with white or yellow. Hindwing small, usually red, seldom black. —Larva strongly humpbacked, very soft, downy-haired. Pupa in a paper-like silky cocoon, the sheaths of legs and wings being loosely soldered together. The moths are mostly local, their stations being often restricted to a mountain, a meadow, etc. They appear mostly in large numbers at their special localities, swarming about flowers, which they suck, fore instance Scabious, Thistles, Eryngium, etc., their flight being slow and straight on. The body of these insects contains, as in the other Zygaenid ...
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Palmartona Catoxantha
''Palmartona'' is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae. It contains only one species, ''Palmartona catoxantha'', which is found from Myanmar eastwards throughout Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Nias, Java, Bangka, Kalimantan, Sulawesi), the Philippines (Palawan) to Papua New Guinea. There is one record for Australia (Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...). References Procridinae Monotypic moth genera Moths of Asia Moths of Australia {{Zygaenidae-stub ...
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Pyromorpha
''Pyromorpha'' is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae. Currently species are found in North and Central America. Species * '' Pyromorpha caelebs'' Blanchard, 1972 * '' Pyromorpha centralis'' (Walker, 1854) * '' Pyromorpha contermina'' (H. Edwards, 1884) * '' Pyromorpha correbioides'' (Felder, 1874) * '' Pyromorpha dimidiata'' Herrich-Schäffer, 854/small> – orange-patched smoky moth * '' Pyromorpha fusca'' H. Edwards, 1884 * '' Pyromorpha josialis'' (Druce, 1885) * '' Pyromorpha marginata'' (H. Edwards, 1884) * '' Pyromorpha martenii'' (French, 1883) * '' Pyromorpha mexicana'' (Druce, 1884) * '' Pyromorpha morio'' (Druce, 1885) * '' Pyromorpha radialis'' (Walker, 865 __NOTOC__ Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. Carloman receives Bavaria (with more l ... * '' Pyromorpha rata'' (H. Edwards, 1882) * '' Pyromo ...
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Chalcosiinae
Chalcosiinae is a subfamily of the Zygaenidae, containing many species, mostly little known. Prominent sexual dimorphism, bright aposematic coloration and mimicry complexes are widespread. Several members of this subfamily remain relatively obscure, only being known from a single specimen, as in the case of the genus '' Isocrambia''. Some others are known from specimens of a specific sex, such as '' Cyanidia'' and '' Allocaprima''. Distribution The members of Chalcosiinae are distributed throughout Palearctic East Asia, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. The majority of the subfamily extending as far north as the Russian Far-East ('' Elcysma westwoodi'') and as far west as Pakistan ('' Campylotes''). A single genus, '' Aglaope'' is disjunctly distributed from the remainder of the subfamily, being found in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. Mimicry A large majority of Chalcosiine moths engage in mimicry complexes with a large variety of butterflies and moth ...
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Harrisina
''Harrisina'' is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae. Species * '' Harrisina americana'' – grapeleaf skeletonizer (Guérin-Méneville, 832 __NOTOC__ Year 832 ( DCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 832nd year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 832nd year of the 1st millennium, the 32nd year of the 9th century, and ... * '' Harrisina aversus'' (H. Edwards, 1884) * '' Harrisina brillians'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910) * '' Harrisina coracina'' (Clemens, 1860) * '' Harrisina cyanea'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910) * '' Harrisina guatemalena'' (Druce, 1884) * '' Harrisina lustrans'' (Beutenmüller, 1894) * '' Harrisina metallica'' – western grapeleaf skeletonizer (Stretch, 1885) * '' Harrisina mystica'' (Walker, 1854) * '' Harrisina rumelii'' (Druce, 1884) References ''Harrisina''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Procridinae Taxa named by Alpheus Spring Packard Zyg ...
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Acoloithus
''Acoloithus'' is a genus of moths of the family 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. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, ofte .... Species * '' Acoloithus falsarius'' Clemens, 1860 * '' Acoloithus novaricus'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 * '' Acoloithus rectarius'' Dyar, 1898 References ''Acoloithus''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and some other life forms'' Bugguide.net. Species ''Acoloithus falsarius'' - Clemens' False Skeletonizer - Hodges#4629 Procridinae Zygaenidae genera Taxa named by James Brackenridge Clemens {{Zygaenidae-stub ...
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Pollanisus Viridipulverulentus
''Pollanisus viridipulverulenta'', the satin-green forester, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in the eastern part of Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania). Description The adult moth has head, thorax and forewings metallic blue-green, while the hindwings are grey. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is about 30 mm. The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm for males and 8–9 mm for females. The female has a yellow tuft of hair at the tip of the abdomen. This species resembles other adult moths in the genus such as ''P. apicalis'' (generally smaller with narrower wings) and ''P. subdolosa'' (distinguishable by a bronze "collar" behind the head). The ...
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Neurosymploca? Oligocenica
''Neurosymploca? oligocenica'' is an extinct species of moth in the family Zygaenidae, and possibly in the modern genus ''Neurosymploca''. The species is known from Early Oligocene, Rupelian stage, lake deposits near the commune of Céreste in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. History and classification ''Neurosymploca? oligocenica'' is known only from one fossil, the holotype, specimen "MNHN-LP-R 55185". It is a single, mostly complete adult which may be male, preserved as a compression fossil in fine grained shale. The shale specimen is from the fossil bearing calcareous and oilshale outcrops of paleolake Céreste. The type specimen is currently preserved in the paleoentomological collections housed in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, the National Museum of Natural History, located in Paris, France. ''N.? oligocenica'' was first studied by Fidel Fernández-Rubio of Madrid, Spain and André Nel of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, with their 2000 type des ...
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Cyclosia Papilionaris
''Cyclosia papilionaris'', Drury's jewel, is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found from Thailand to southern China. It is also found in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... The habitat consists of rainforests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,000 meters. The larvae feed on '' Aporusa dioica''. Subspecies *''Cyclosia papilionaris papilionaris'' (China) *''Cyclosia papilionaris adusta'' Jordan, 1907 *''Cyclosia papilionaris australinda'' (Hampson, 1891) (southern India) *''Cyclosia papilionaris mekongensis'' Nakamura, 1974 (Laos) *''Cyclosia papilionaris nicobarensis'' Hering, 1922 (Nicobar Islands) *''Cyclosia papilionaris nigrescens'' Moore, 1877 (Andamans) *''Cyclosia pap ...
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Procridinae
Procridinae is a subfamily of the family Zygaenidae. Selected genera * ''Aethioprocris'' Alberti, 1954 * ''Alteramenelikia'' Alberti, 1971 * ''Acoloithus'' Clemens, 1860 * ''Adscita'' Retzius, 1783 * ''Ankasocris'' Viette, 1965 * ''Artona'' Walker, 1854 * ''Astyloneura'' Gaede, 1914 * ''Australartona'' Tarmann, 2005 * ''Chalconycles'' Jordan, 1907 * ''Clelea'' Walker, 1854 * ''Euclimaciopsis'' Tremewan, 1973 * ''Gonioprocris'' Jordan, 1913 * ''Harrisina'' Packard, 1864 * ''Hestiochora'' Meyrick, 1886 * ''Homophylotis'' Turner, 1904 * ''Ischnusia'' Jordan, 1928 * ''Janseola'' Hopp, 1923 * ''Jordanita'' Verity, 1946 * ''Madaprocris'' Viette, 1978 * ''Malamblia'' Jordan, 1907 * ''Metanycles'' Butler, 1876 * ''Myrtartona'' Tarmann, 2005 * ''Neobalataea'' Alberti, 1954 * ''Neoprocris'' Jordan, 1915 * ''Palmartona'' Tarmann, 2005 * ''Pollanisus'' Walker, 1854 * ''Pyromorpha'' Herrich-Schäffer, [1854] * ''Pseudoamuria'' Tarmann, 2005 * ''Pseudoprocris'' Druce in Godman & Salvin, ...
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Zygaeninae
The Zygaeninae are a subfamily of the Zygaenidae family of moths. These are day-flying moths. Species of the genus ''Zygaena'' are native to the West Palearctic, while the genus '' Reissita'' is found on the Arabian Peninsula. They are able to biosynthesise hydrogen cyanide, and their bright patterns are warning colours to potential predators. Genera * '' Neurosymploca'' Wallengren, 1858 * '' Praezygaena'' Alberti, 1954 * '' Reissita'' Tremewan, 1959 * '' Zutulba'' Kirby, 1892 * ''Zygaena ''Zygaena'' is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae. These brightly coloured, day-flying moths are native to the West Palearctic. Description Adalbert Seitz described them thus: "Small, stout, black insects, sometimes with metallic gloss. ...'' Fabricius, 1775 External links * {{Zygaenidae-stub ...
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