LASIOCAMPIDAE of Australia
Eggar, Lappet and Snout Moths.
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LASIOCAMPIDAE caterpillar pictures

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Stella Crossley (updated 6 March 2010)

LASIOCAMPIDAE moth pictures

The Caterpillars of LASIOCAMPIDAE are medium to large in size. Some are smooth, and some are hairy. Most have a pair of dorsal glands on abdominal segments six and seven. Many have flaps of skin overhanging their prolegs, hence the name "Lappet Moths" (a 'lappet' is a decorative flap of material on clothing). Many adults have elongated labial palpi, which makes them look like they have long noses, hence their name "Snout Moths".

The 76 named Australian species of LASIOCAMPIDAE are:

Cyclophragma centralistrigata
Cyclophragma cyclomela

Entometa apicalis
Entometa chlorosacca
Entometa decorata
Entometa erubescens
Entometa fervens : Gum Snout Moth
Entometa guerinii
Entometa guttularis

Genduara albicans
Genduara contermina

Genduara pinnalis
Genduara punctigera : Crexa Moth

Genduara rhoda
Genduara subnotata

Opsirhina alphaea
Opsirhina lechriodes : Long-Nosed Moth

Pararguda albida
Pararguda australasiae : Wattle Snout Moth

Pararguda crocota
Pararguda dasymalla
Pararguda diamphidia

Pararguda nana
Pararguda nasuta

Pararguda nigriventris
Pararguda rufescens

Porela ceraunias
Porela cinerea
Porela delineata

Porela euthyerges
Porela galactodes
Porela homospila

Porela notabilis
Porela notodontina
Porela obtusa

Porela rhabditis
Porela subfasciata
Porela vetusta
Porela vitulina

Symphyta nyctopis
Symphyta psaropis

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