Western Australia MothsWA Moth Index Abantiades hydrographus Anomis definata Ardices glatignyi Austropaschia porrigens Ctenoplusia albostriata Hestiochora occidentalis Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth) Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) Myrtartona rufiventris Synemon spp

The species Myrtartona rufiventris is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. Observations have been documented in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria.

Sometime referred to as Forester Moths, a common name that also applied to moths from other genus and species ie genus Pollanisus.

Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (on Melaleuca marginata), Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (on Melaleuca marginata), Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Calingiri WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (feeding on Melaleuca), Moore River National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (feeding on Melaleuca), Moore River National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (feeding on Melaleuca), Moore River National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (feeding on Melaleuca), Moore River National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Waeel WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, Waeel WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (feeding on Darwinia sp Karonie), Waeel WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (feeding on Darwinia sp Karonie), Waeel WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (feeding on Darwinia sp Karonie), Waeel WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris (feeding on Darwinia sp Karonie), Waeel WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Myrtartona rufiventris, WA © Jean and Fred Hort
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Lepidoptera
  • Unranked: Ditrysia
  • Superfamily: Zygaenoidea
  • Family: Zygaenidae
  • Subfamily: Procridinae
  • Tribe: Artonini
  • Genus: Myrtartona
  • Species: Myrtartona rufiventris

Footnote & References

  1. Myrtartona rufiventris, Photographs © Jean and Fred Hort
  2. Myrtartona rufiventris (Walker, 1854), Forester Moth, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/17e0c69b-0385-47a4-a70a-74bbd75b8442
  3. Myrtartona rufiventris, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/893851-Myrtartona-rufiventris

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