XYLORYCTIDAE of Australia
Flower Moths

Don Herbison-Evans ( don@it.uts.edu.au )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 28 August 2008)

The family XYLORYCTIDAE was considered to be a subfamily of OECOPHORIDAE by Nielsen et al., but here following the later book A Guide to Australian Moths by Zborowski & Edwards we have listed it as a separate family.

Some common members of the 275 named Australian species in XYLORYCTIDAE are:

  • Araeostoma aenicta

  • Arignota stercorata

  • Autosticha symmetra

  • Bassarodes siriaca

  • Bathydoxa euxesta

  • Bida radiosella

  • Boydia criniferella

  • Brachybelistis blackburnii
  • Brachybelistis neomorpha
  • Brachybelistis pentachroa

  • Catoryctis subparallela

  • Chalarotona intabescens

  • Chereuta tinthalea

  • Clerarcha agana
  • Clerarcha dryinopa
  • Clerarcha grammatistis
  • Clerarcha poliochyta
  • Clerarcha vepallida

  • Compsotorna oligarchica

  • Copidoris dimorpha

  • Crypsicharis neocosma

    Cryptophasa albacosta : Small Fruit Tree Borer

  • Cryptophasa alphitodes
  • Cryptophasa argyrias
  • Cryptophasa argyrocolla
  • Cryptophasa atecmarta
    Cryptophasa balteata
    Cryptophasa bipunctata
  • Cryptophasa blosyra
    Cryptophasa byssinopis
  • Cryptophasa chionodes
  • Cryptophasa citrinopa
    Cryptophasa delocentra
  • Cryptophasa diplosema
    Cryptophasa epadelpha
  • Cryptophasa epixysta
  • Cryptophasa lavolineata
  • Cryptophasa gypsomera
  • Cryptophasa hyalinopa
  • Cryptophasa insana
    Cryptophasa irrorata
  • Cryptophasa isoneura
  • Cryptophasa lasiocosma
  • Cryptophasa leucadelpha
  • Cryptophasa molaris
  • Cryptophasa nephrosema
  • Cryptophasa nigricincta
  • Cryptophasa nubila
    Cryptophasa ochroleuca
    Cryptophasa opalina
  • Cryptophasa panleuca
  • Cryptophasa phaeochtha
  • Cryptophasa platypedimela
  • Cryptophasa porphyritis
  • Cryptophasa psilocrossa
    Cryptophasa pultenae
  • Cryptophasa rubra
  • Cryptophasa rubescens
    Cryptophasa russata
  • Cryptophasa sarcinota
  • Cryptophasa sceliphrodes
  • Cryptophasa spilonota
  • Cryptophasa stochastis
  • Cryptophasa tecta
    Cryptophasa xylomima

    Echiomima mythica

  • Eporycta hiracopis

  • Eschatura lemurias

  • Gomphoscopa catoryctopis

  • Gonioma hospita
  • Gonioma hypoxantha

  • Heterochyta pyrotypa

  • Hylypnes pudica

  • Illidgea aethalodes
  • Illidgea epigramma

  • Iulactis insignis
  • Iulactis semifusca

  • Leistarcha scitissimella

  • Leptobelistis asemanta

  • Lichenaula melanoleuca
  • Lichenaula onychodes
  • Lichenaula phloeochroa
  • Lichenaula tholodes
  • Lichenaula undulatella

  • Liparistis lioxera
  • Liparistis monosema

  • Lophobela sinuosa

  • Maroga leptopasta
    Maroga melanostigma
  • Maroga paragypsa
  • Maroga sericodes
  • Maroga setiotricha

  • Paralecta tinctoria

  • Perixestis eucephala

  • Philarista porphyrinella

  • Phthonerodes peridela

    Pilostibes basivitta

  • Pilostibes embroneta
  • Pilostibes serpta
  • Pilostibes stigmatias

  • Plectophila discalis
  • Plectophila eucrines
  • Plectophila micradelpha
    Plectophila pyrgodes
  • Plectophila thiophanes
  • Plectophila thrasycosma

  • Potniarcha hierastis

  • Scieropepla rimata
  • Scieropepla megadelpha
  • Scieropepla monoides
  • Scieropepla polyxesta
  • Scieropepla reversella
  • Scieropepla serina
  • Scieropepla typhicola

  • Sphalerostola epierana

  • Telecrates basileia
  • Telecrates desmochrysa
  • Telecrates laetiorella
  • Telecrates melanochrysa

  • Thymiatris cephalochra

  • Thysiarcha ecclesiastis

  • Tymbophora peltastis

    Uzucha humeralis

  • Xerocrates proleuca

  • Xylomimetes trachyptera

    Xylorycta austera

  • Xylorycta candescens
  • Xylorycta heliomacula : Mistletoe Stem Borer
    Xylorycta luteotactella
  • Xylorycta moligera
  • Xylorycta ophiogramma
  • Xylorycta perflua
  • Xylorycta sigmophora
  • Xylorycta stereodesma
  • Xylorycta strigata
  • Xylorycta synaula

  • Zaphanaula hemileuca

  • Zauclophora pelodes
  • Zauclophora procellosa

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