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Supplements</strong> | Updated 8 years ago</p><p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong> – Information on the distribution, larval food plants, habitat, behaviour, flight period and conservation status is reviewed for the following sun-moth (Castniidae) species which occur in Western Australia, arranged in order: <em>Synemon sophia</em> species group: <em>Synemon catocaloides</em> Walker 1865, <em>Synemon leucospila</em> Meyrick 1891, <em>Synemon maja</em> Strand 1911, <em>Synemon nupta </em>Westwood 1877, <em>Synemon sophia</em> White 1841, <em>Synemon </em>sp. ‘Bob Hay’, <em>Synemon </em>sp. nr. <em>discalis</em>, <em>Synemon</em> sp. ‘Leeman’, <em>Synemon </em>sp. ‘Mount Ragged’, <em>Synemon</em> sp. ‘Perth’ (species group complex), <em>Synemon</em> sp. ‘Yarloop’. <em>Synemon directa</em> species group: <em>Synemon directa</em> Westwood 1877, <em>Synemon</em> sp. ‘Victoria Rock’; <em>Synemon magnifica</em> species group: <em>Synemon notha</em> Westwood 1877, <em>Synemon</em> sp. ‘Moirs Rock’, <em>Synemon </em>sp. ‘Mount Dale’, <em>Synemon</em> sp. ‘Ravensthorpe’. <em>Synemon laeta</em> species group: <em>Synemon edwardsi </em>Williams and Williams 2016, <em>Synemon gratiosa </em>Westwood 1877, <em>Synemon jcaria </em>R. Felder 1874. <em>Synemon</em> ‘grass-feeding’ species group: <em>Synemon austera</em> Meyrick 1891, <em>Synemon brontias</em> Meyrick 1891, <em>Synemon nais </em>Klug 1850, <em>Synemon obscurella</em> Westwood 1877, <em>Synemon phaeoptila</em> Turner 1906, <em>Synemon wulwulam</em> Angel 1951, <em>Synemon </em>sp. ‘Alan Graham’, <em>Synemon</em> sp. ‘Eradu’ and <em>Synemon</em> sp. ‘Roper River’. Their phylogeny, life cycles, threats faced, management implications and future conservation are discussed.</p></div><div class=" wambox" > <strong><span>Author(s)</span> </strong>Andrew A.E. Williams, Matthew R. Williams, Edward D. Edwards and Rebecca A.M. 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