Moths
 
Tiger Moths 
  
ARCTIIDAE
Arctiinae 
Magpie Moth
Heliotrope Moth
Donovan's Amsacta
Lithosiinae 
Tiger Lichen Moth
LittleWhiteLichenMoth
Bird-droppingLichenMoth
Ctenuchinae 
Orange Spotted Tiger 1
Orange Spotted Tiger 2
Orange Spotted Tiger 3
Orange Spotted Tiger 4
 
AGANAIDAE
Yellow Tiger Moth
Two-spots Tiger Moth
 

                                               

Tiger Moths - Family Aganaidae

This family is very closely related with family Arctiidae and sometimes put as its sub-family. The moths are brightly coloured in orange, yellow and black. Most of them active during the day.
 
Aganaidae caterpillar 
 
 

 
Two-spots Tiger Moth
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Asota plagiata, body length 25mm 
This moth sometime listed it as a separate family AGANAIDAE, or listed as a sub-family of ARCTIIDAE. The moths have brown forewings with veins visible in white colour, and a white spot in the middle. Please click on here for more information.  
 
 
Yellow Tiger Moth
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Agape chloropyga, body length 40mm                  Caterpillar length 30mm
The moth is yellow in colour with five orange spots on each forewing and some small black dots on thorax. It abdomen is yellow with black bands and a dark blue end. Their caterpillars are brown in colour with sparse hairs. They feed on Fig tree leaves. More information please visit this page.
 

Reference:
1. Australian Moths - Common, Ian F.B. Jacaranda Press, 1963, p112 (Hypsidae).
3. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p910.  

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