Elm family: ULMACEAE (HAMAMELIDAE) in Australia
including Cannabaceae and Celtidaceae

Flower
Families
Flowers in Australia
 
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Christine Ashe
 
Plants in Australia Plant
Classes

Celtis species
Hackberry
Sydney, September 2006

Trema tomentosa viridis
Australian Native Peach
Wyee, February 2007

Ulmus parvifolia
Chinese Elm
Wyee, December 2006

Plants in ULMACEAE are food for the caterpillars of a number of Australian Butterflies, including:


Apaturina erminia

Libythea geoffroy

Polyura sempronius

Phaedyma shepherdi

Catopyrops ancyra

Nacaduba berenice

Catapyrops florinda

and also of some Australian moths :


Oxygonitis sericeoides

Pingasa chlora

Aenetus ligniveren

Aenetus splendens

Antithemerastis acrobela

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Australian
Australian Butterflies
butterflies
Australian
Australian caterpillars
Lepidoptera
Australian
Australian Moths
moths

(updated 3 January 2013, 13 February 2024)