Lymantriidae

Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks

Lymantriidae

The Tussock Moths are so-named because the caterpillars of many members have four long dense dorsal tufts of hair. Many also have other hair pencils, and also two coloured dorsal glands on abdominal segments six and seven. The adults do not feed. [73 Aust. species]


Acyphas leptotypa	Arctornis sp. (female)	Calliteara farenoides


Euproctis galactopis	Euproctis arrogans (female)


Euproctis holoxutha	Euproctis habrostola (male)	Euproctis habrostola (female)	Euproctis habrostola (female)


Euproctis trispila	Euproctis lucifuga (male)	Euproctis lucifuga (male)	Euproctis lutea (male)


Euproctis niphobola	Euproctis niphobola (male)	Euproctis niphobola (female)	Laelia obsoleta


Leptocneria reducta	Lymantria antennata	Lymantria antennata	Lymantria lunata


Olene cookiensis	Olene mendosa (female)	Olene mendosa	Olene mendosa (male)


Olene mendosa (male)			Orgyia australis


Orvasca aliena	Orvasca aliena larvae


filename: gvc0972	filename: gvc4324	Orvasca sp.


unknown larvae 3			filename: gvc2506

References:

Thanks to Dr. Alexander Schintlmeister, Dresden, for assistance with identifications.

Thanks to Peter Mackey for identifications.