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Family Noctuidae
- This page contains pictures and information about moths
and caterpillars in subfamily NOLINAE that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
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 - The camouflaged cocoon build by Nolinae caterpillar
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- This family Nolidae is recently raised to family in
Moth order. It was classified as subfamily NOLINAE put under family Noctuidae.
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- The
moths in this subfamily are small in size. Most of them are grey in
colour.
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- Caterpillars have
three pairs of prolegs, the one pair on abdomen 3 is missing. They pupate in
cocoon formed by silk and plant bark with the shape of upturned boat. The
moth comes out from a vertical slit at the board end.
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- Small Grey Moth
 - Barasa cymatistis, caterpillar grows up to 30mm, moth wingspan
20mm
- This caterpillar is common on Gum leaves in eucalypt forests in Brisbane.
We would like to know what is the moth. We found a caterpillar it was
cutting out the skip of a dry leaf. We thought it may about to pupate and
making a cocoon. Check this page for more
details.
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- Gum-Leaf Skeletoniser
 - Uraba lugens (Roselia lugens), length
20mm, Apr 2008, Ford Road Conservation Area
- As the common name implied, the caterpillar feeds on eucalyptus,
skeletonizing the leaves. Notice the cast head capsules of several of the
younger instars are stacked vertically on the thorax. Check this page
for more details.
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- Unknown Nola Moth
 - ? Nola sp., wingspan
20mm
- Nov 2007, Yugarapul Park
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- Unknown Caterpillar feeds on Banksia leaf
  - ? sp., length 30mm
- We found the golden yellow hairy caterpillar on Banksia leaf. We took it
home and put it in a jar with some Banksia leaves. Two day later the
caterpillar disappeared. We look for a while and noticed that it became a
cocoon
attached on one of the leaf stem, covered with bark from the leaf. It was hardly be noticed. However, we had
wait over months and still nothing came out from the pupa. We are still
waiting........... From the way it made the cocoon, we believe it is in this
subfamily.
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- Reference:
- 1. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p456.
- 2. NOLINAE
of Australia - Australian Caterpillars, by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley,
2009.
- 3. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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