Butterflies and moths of Yourka Reserve
Yourka is a reserve of Bush Heritage Australia.
This guide is based on records for the wider region around the reserve that are listed in the Atlas of Living Australia.
White Cedar Moth
The White Cedar Moth (Leptocneria reducta) is a moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found in all of Australia, except Tasmania.
Australothis rubrescens
The Indian Weed Caterpillar (Australothis rubrescens) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found all over Australia (including Tasmania) and in Papua New Guinea.
Eutrichopidia latinus
Eutrichopidia latinus is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is known from eastern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
Cape Gooseberry Budworm
The oriental tobacco budworm (Helicoverpa assulta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found all over the old worlds tropics, from South Africa through the Middle East, central and south-east Asia to Australia.
Heliocheilus abaccheutus
Heliocheilus abaccheutus is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Heliocheilus aberrans
Heliocheilus aberrans is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.
Heliocheilus cramboides
Heliocheilus cramboides is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Victoria, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia.
Heliocheilus moribunda
Heliocheilus moribunda is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Gum leaf skeletonizer
The Gum-Leaf Skeletoniser (Uraba lugens) is a moth of the Nolidae family. It is found in Australia and New Zealand. The larvae are a serious pest of Eucalyptus spp. and its close relatives. The wingspan is 25-30 mm. In Australia there are about 1-2 generations per year.
Blue Tiger
Tirumala hamata, the Blue Tiger, Dark Blue Tiger or Blue Wanderer, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-east Asia and Australia. In Australia, the butterflies perform mass migrations to the south in some years
Gum Emperor Moth
The emperor gum moth, Opodiphthera eucalypti, is a species of moth native to Australia, and can be easily found in all the states except for Tasmania. They are also found as an introduced species in the North and South Islands of New Zealand. This species was formerly placed in the genus Antheraea.
Convolvulus Hawkmoth
The Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli, is a large hawkmoth. It is common throughout Europe, Africa and Australia.
Daphnis placida
Daphnis placida is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (including Borneo), the Solomon Islands and the northern half of Australia.
Gnathothlibus erotus
The White-brow hawkmoth (Gnathothlibus erotus) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from India to Borneo.
Macroglossum micacea
Macroglossum micacea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Solomon Islands, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland.
Theretra clotho
Theretra clotho is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Sri Lanka, India (including the Andaman Islands), Nepal and Myanmar, east through China to Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, and then south-east through South East Asia as far as the Lesser Sunda Islands and Timor in Indonesia. An uncommon migrant may be found up to northern China (this range includes Theretra ...more ↓
Pale Brown Hawk Moth
The Pale Brown Hawk Moth, Theretra latreillii, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in most of Asia, including Borneo, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan and also in the tropical regions of Australia.
Impatiens Hawk Moth
The Impatiens Hawk Moth (Theretra oldenlandiae) is a member of the Sphingidae family found in India, China, Borneo, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, and Australia.
Brown-Banded Hunter Hawkmoth
Theretra silhetensis is known as Brown-Banded Hunter Hawkmoth of the Sphingidae family. It lives in northeast Asia and the East Indies.
Cotton Tipworm Moth
Crocidosema plebejana is a tortrix moth (family Tortricidae), belonging to tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. It is found today all over the subtropical and tropical regions of the world and even occurs on many oceanic islands – in Polynesia and on Saint Helena for example –, but has probably been accidentally introduced to much of its current range by humans. In ...more ↓
Dudua aprobola
Dudua aprobola is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Taiwan, Japan, the Seychelles, Nepal, India, the Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Brunei, Kalimantan, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Buru, Ambon, New Guinea, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Australia, the Admiralty Islands, New Ireland, the ...more ↓
