OECOPHORIDAE of Australia
Concealer Moths
GELECHIOIDEA
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 4 November 2008)
These Caterpillars are generally small and hairless.
Many feed on ground litter or dead leaves.
Some bear cases, some live in the soil, and some live in
shelters made joining leaves together with silk.
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 5,275 or so
named Australian species of OECOPHORIDAE are:
Acanthodela erythrosema
Aeolothapsa malacella
Ageletha crocoxantha
Ageletha elaeodes
Ageletha hemiteles : Webbing Moth
Agriophara cinerosa
Agriophara confertella
Ancistromorpha phryganophanes
Ancistroneura thaumasia
Anomozancla scopariella
Anthocoma euterpnes
Antipterna diclethra
Arachnographa micrastrella
Aristeis hepialella
Barea basigramma
Barea confusella
Barea exarcha
Barea xanthoptera
Bathrosterra calotropha
Brachynemata aphanes
Brachynemata cingulata
Brachynemata diantha
Brachynemata leucanepsia
Brachynemata mimopa
Brachynemata ochrolitha
Brachynemata ombrodes
Brachynemata restricta
Callimima daedalma
Callimima lophoptera
Catacometes hemiscia
Catacometes phanozona
Chezala carphalea
Cnecophora melichrodes
Coeranica eritima
Coeranica isabella
Coeranica rhythmosema
Compsotropha selenias
Compsotropha strophiella
Cosmaresta anarrecta
Cosmaresta anomophanes
Cosmaresta callichrysa
Cosmaresta canephora
Cosmaresta charaxias
Cosmaresta eugramma
Cosmaresta eurytoxa
Cosmaresta hyphanta
Cosmaresta leucozancla
Cosmaresta niphias
Cosmaresta ochrophara
Cosmaresta phaeochorda
Crepidosceles argyropis
Crepidosceles chryscrythra
Crepidosceles coeloxantha
Crepidosceles exanthema
Crepidosceles glycydora
Crepidosceles iostephana
Crepidosceles orthomochla
Crepidosceles rhodopechys
Crepidosceles timalphes
Crossophora semiota
Delophanes anthracephala
Deigmoesta lithocosma
Elaphromorpha asthenes
Elaphromorpha axierasta
Elaphromorpha euneta
Elaphromorpha glycymilicha
Enchronista proximella
Endrosis sarcitrella : White Shouldered House Moth
Enoplidia simplex
Eochrois acutella
Eochrois anaemica
Eochrois anthophora
Eochrois argyraspis
Eochrois atypa
Eochrois callianassa
Eochrois caminias
Eochrois chrysias
Eochrois cuphosema
Eochrois cycnodes
Eochrois dejunctella
Eochrois epidesma
Eochrois epitoxa
Eochrois hebes
Eochrois holochroa
Eochrois leiochroa
Eochrois pandora
Eochrois phoenopis
Eochrois platyphaea
Eochrois pulverulenta
Eochrois rubrilinea
Eochrois sarcoxantha
Epicurica laetiferanus
Epicurica mutabilis
Euchaetis habrocosma
Euchaetis iozona
Euchaetis metallota
Euchaetis parthenopa
Euchaetis rhizobola
Euchaetis rufogrisea
Eulechria chorodoxa
Eulechria gypsochroa
Eulechria metacroca
Eulechria phaeina
Eulechria semophanes
Eulechria triferella
Eulechria zophoptera
Garrha demotica
Garrha idiosema
Garrha limbata
Garrha ocellifera
Garrha phoenopis
Garrha pudica
Garrha species
Habroscopa idiocosma
Habroscopa iriodes
Habroscopa miltotypa
Hapaloteucha idiosticha
Hapaloteucha paragramma
Heliocausta oecophorella
Hemibela trigonoptera
Hemibela species
Heteroteucha anthodora
Heteroteucha asema
Heteroteucha aspasia
Heteroteucha dichroella
Heteroteucha dimochla
Heteroteucha distephana
Heteroteucha kershawi
Heteroteucha occidua
Heteroteucha ophthalmica
Heteroteucha paraclista
Heteroteucha parvula
Heteroteucha porphyryplaca
Heteroteucha rhoecosema
Heteroteucha rhoecozona
Heteroteucha stereomita
Heteroteucha subflava
Heteroteucha thalamepola
Heteroteucha translatella
Hieromantis ephodophora : Brown House Moth
Hofmannophila pseudospretella : Hoop Pine Seed Moth
Ioptera aristogona
Leptocroca sanguinolenta
Lophopepla igniferella
Mermeristis spodiaea
Microbela epicona
Notodryas vallata
Oenochroa species A
Oenochroa species B
Olbonoma leptospila
Pachybela eurypolia
Parocystola leucospora
Philarista porphyrinella
Philobota arabella
Philobota impletella
Philobota productella
Philobota xiphostola
Phloeograptis macrynta
Phytotrypa pretiosella
Piloprepes anassa
Piloprepes aemulella
Pilostibes basivitta
Polyeucta callimorpha
Prionocris complanula
Procometis bisulcata
Procometis lipara
Procometis phloeodes
Prodelaca myodes
Pycnocera hypoxantha
Pycnozancla acribes
Pycnozancla epiprepes
Rhadinoloba periculosa
Scieropepla typhicola
Snellenia lineata
Snellenia miltocrossa
Stathmopoda cephalaea
Stathmopoda chalcotypa
Stathmopoda crocophanes
Stathmopoda megathyma
Stathmopoda melanochroa
Syringoseca mimica
Tachystola aethopis
Tanyzancla argutella
Tanyzancha marionella
Telanepsia stockeri
Tortricopsis pyroptis
Tortricopsis semijunctella
Tortricopsis uncinella
Trisynopta scatophaga
Tymbophora peltastis
Wingia aurata
Wingia lambertella : Pink Leaf Moth
Zonopetala alypa
Zonopetala clerota
Zonopetala divisella
Zonopetala glauconephela
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