List of moths of Australia (Herminiidae)

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This is a list of the Australian moth species of the family Herminiidae. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full list of moths of Australia.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chloephorinae</span> Subfamily of moths

Chloephorinae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. It includes, among others, many of the moths known as silver-lines. They are rather similar to some owlet moths (Noctuidae) in appearance and often colored a vivid green, but may also be brown, grey, or white.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Herminiinae</span> Subfamily of moths

The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushrooms of fungi as in the case of genus Idia.

<i>Hypena</i> Genus of moths

Hypena is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. These non-migratory moths overwinter as pupae and almost never estivate as adults.

<i>Lithilaria ossicolor</i> Species of moth

Lithilaria ossicolor, the bone moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolph Rosenstock in 1885. It is found in Australia.

<i>Scoparia</i> (moth) Genus of moths

Scoparia is a grass moth genus of subfamily Scopariinae. Some authors have assigned the synonymous taxon Sineudonia to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.

<i>Hydrillodes</i> Genus of moths

Hydrillodes is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its validity is somewhat disputed.

<i>Lithilaria</i> Genus of moths

Lithilaria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Rudolph Rosenstock in 1885.

<i>Simplicia</i> (moth) Genus of moths

Simplicia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854.

<i>Simplicia cornicalis</i> Species of moth

Simplicia cornicalis is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Pacific. Records include New Caledonia, Réunion, Thailand, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Sri Lanka, the Society Islands, as well as New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is an introduced species in southern Florida and Louisiana in the United States.

<i>Agriophara</i> Genus of moths

Agriophara is a genus of moths in the subfamily Stenomatinae. The genus was erected by Rudolph Rosenstock in 1885.

<i>Epicoma</i> Genus of moths

Epicoma is a genus of prominent moths in the family Notodontidae. There are more than 20 described species in Epicoma, found mainly in Australia.