OF BIOSECURITY CONCERN
Classification
Noctuoidea
Erebidae (tussock moths) 24,569 approximate described species
Chief Distribution
Primarily Old World tropics with some genera in the New World.
Major Hosts of Concern
Betulaceae, Rosaceae, Fagaceae, Malvaceae, Juglandaceae, Moraceae, Fabaceae, Pineaceae, Cuprassaceae, Auraceariaceae
Further Diagnosis
Lymantriinae Diagnosis
There is no suprageneric classification available for Noctuoidea.
At rest, wings are held in a triangular position, pressed close to the surface, densely hairy forelegs extend out either side of the head; prespiracular counter-tympanal hood; forewing Sc and R1 are separate, R2, R3, R4, R5 stalked, M2 is close to M3, CuP absent, 1A+2A without basal fork; quadrified hind wing, Sc separate from R near base or joined by oblique R1 around the middle of the cell, Rs and M1 usually stalked, M2 closer to M3 than M1 or absent, CuP absent, 1A+2A and 3A present; ♀ abdomen has a tuft of deciduous scales (Common 1990, Kristensen 1999).
Resources
Atlas of Living Australia. National Research Infrastructure for Australia, NCRIS. http://www.ala.org.au/
ABRS 2009. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/index.html
Butterflies and moths of North America, collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera. National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Program and the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. http://butterfliesofamerica.com/links.htm
CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection Database. http://anic.ento.csiro.au/database/
CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences. Australian Moths Online. http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/main.php
Herbison-Evans D, Crossley S. Families of Moths in Australia. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/moths.html
iBol Terrestrial Biosurveillance, Lepidoptera barcode of life. http://www.lepbarcoding.org/
Natural History Museum, The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/lepindex/search/index.dsml
Plant Health Australia (2012) Combined High Priority Pest List from Industry Biosecurity Plans. In National Plant Biosecurity Status Report, last accessed June 2015. http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/biosecurity/emergency-plant-pests/pest-categorisation/categorised-pests/
Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2001) Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region, The Natural History Museum, London.
The Barcode of Life Data Systems http://www.boldsystems.org/
References
Common IFB (1990) In Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria.
Kristensen NP (ed) (1999) Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies: Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography (vol. 1). Handbook of Zoology, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.
Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (2015) Entomology Internal Target List. Australian Government Department of Agriculture.
Operational Science Program (2015) Entomology Internal Target List. Australian Government Department of Agriculture.
Plant Health Australia (2012) Combined High Priority Pest List from Industry Biosecurity Plans. In National Plant Biosecurity Status Report, last accessed June 2015. http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/biosecurity/emergency-plant-pests/pest-categorisation/categorised-pests/
van Nieukerken EJ, Kaila L, Kitching IJ, Kristensen NP, Lees DC, et al. (2011) Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An outline of higher level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Zootaxa. 3148: 212–221.