Arctiidae

Tiger moths. A large family of often aposematically coloured moths. Many are distasteful to predators. They possess a thoracic tymbal organ which produces ultrasonic clicks thought to disrupt the echolocation of bats. Most are nocturnal but some are diurnal. [280 Aust. species]

All species pictured have their DNA in the Barcode of Life Database.


Aloa marginata	Amerila rubripes	Amerila timolis	Amata aperta


Amata humeralis	Amata paraula	Amata sp. cf. cyanura	Amata sp. GC7


Amata sp. GC9	Amata sp. GC10	Amata sp. GC11	Amata sp. 15


Argina astrea	Asura bipars	Asura monospila	Asura semivitrea


Creatonotos gangis	Damias sp. EF01	Eilema plana	Eressa geographica


Eutane terminalis	Eutane sp. GC1	Eutane trimochla	Heliosia jucunda


Heliosia perichares	Hemonia simillima	Heterallactis microcrysa	Heterallactis stenochrysa


Heterotropa fastosa	Lambula pleuroptycha	Lambula pristina	LithosiinGC sp. 2


Lyclene quadrilineata	Manulea dorsalis	Manulea dorsalis	Nyctemera amicus


Nyctemera secundiana	Oeonistis altica	Paralacydes maculifascia	Philenora aspectalella


Scaptesyle dichotoma	Scaptesyle equidistans	Schistophleps albida	Scoliacma nana


Symmetrodes sciocosma	Thallarcha macilenta	Thallarcha levis	Thallarcha phalarota


Thallarcha sparsana	Thallarcha sp. GC7	Thallarcha sp. GC10	Tigrioides sp. 3


Utetheisa aegrotum	Utetheisa lotrix	Utetheisa lotrix	Utetheisa pulchelloides