Bunya family: ARAUCARIACEAE (PINOPHYTA) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Agathis lanceolata Koghis Kauri Sydney, August 2006

Araucaria bidwillii Bunya Pine Bundaberg, September 2006

Araucaria cunninghamii Hoop Pine Magnetic Island, November 2009 Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Araucaria heterophylla Norfolk Island Pine Magnetic Island, August 2009 Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Wollemia nobilis Wollemi Pine

Some caterpillars of Australian Moths have been found feeding on species in ARAUCARIACEAE as their foodplant, for example:

Agathiphaga queenslandensis

Blastobasis lignea

Achaea janata

Mocis trifasciata

Milionia queenslandica

Hieromantis ephodophora

Goboea copiosana

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 3 January 2013, 18 March 2026)