OECOPHORIDAE of Australia
Concealer Moths
GELECHIOIDEA
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
Acanthodela protophaes
Acantholena siccella
Acmotoma magniferella
Aeolothapsa malacella
Ageletha crocoxantha
Ageletha elaeodes
Ageletha hemiteles : Webbing Moth
Agriophara atratella
Agriophara cinerosa
Agriophara confertella
Agriophara discobola
Agriophara gravis
Agriophara leptosemela
Agriophara nodigera
Agriophara plagiosema
Ancistromorpha phryganophanes
Ancistroneura thaumasia
Anomozancla scopariella
Anthocoma euterpnes
Antipterna diclethra
Antipterna trilicella
Arachnographa micrastrella
Aristeis hepialella
Atheropla decaspila
Barea basigramma
Barea codrella
Barea confusella
Barea exarcha
Barea leucocephala
Barea melanodelta
Barea nymphica
Barea xanthoptera
Bathrosterra calotropha
Bathrosterra macrotricha
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
Chrysonoma tentatella
Cnecophora melichrodes
Coeranica eritima
Coeranica isabella
Coeranica rhythmosema
Compsotropha selenias
Compsotropha strophiella
Conobrosis acervata
Corynotricha antipodella
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
Deigmoesta lithocosma
Delexocha ochrocausta
Delophanes anthracephala
Elaphromorpha asthenes
Elaphromorpha axierasta
Elaphromorpha euneta
Elaphromorpha glycymilicha
Enchronista proximella
Endrosis sarcitrella : White Shouldered House Moth
Enoplidia simplex
Enoplidia stenomorpha
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
Epithymema incomposita
Ericibdela delotis
Euchaetis habrocosma
Euchaetis inceptella
Euchaetis iozona
Euchaetis metallota
Euchaetis parthenopa
Euchaetis rhizobola
Euchaetis rufogrisea
Eulechria delospila
Eulechria encratodes
Eulechria gypsochroa
Eulechria habrosema
Eulechria metacroca
Eulechria phaeina
Eulechria platyrrhabda
Eulechria psaritis
Eulechria semophanes
Eulechria sigmophora
Eulechria subpunctella
Eulechria tolmera
Eulechria triferella
Eulechria xeropterella
Eulechria zophoptera
Eusemocosma pruinosa
Garrha atripunctatella
Garrha carnea
Garrha costimacula
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 callista
Hemibela hemicalypta
Hemibela trigonoptera
Hemibela tyranna
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
Heterozyga coppatias
Hieromantis ephodophora : Brown House Moth
Hofmannophila pseudospretella : Hoop Pine Seed Moth
Hoplomorpha camelaea
Ioptera aristogona
Ironopolia sobriella
Isomoralla eriscota
Leimmatonca dasylopha
Leptocroca sanguinolenta
Lophopepla asteropa
Lophopepla igniferella
Lophopepla triselena
Mermeristis spodiaea
Merocroca automima
Microbela epicona
Mimobrachyoma hilaropa
Myrascia bracteatella
Myrascia interlineatella
Notodryas vallata
Ocystola crystallina
Ocystola paulinella
Ocystola pyramis
Oenochroa cosmosticha
Oenochroa endochlora
Oenochroa lactella
Oenochroa species A
Oenochroa species B
Olbonoma disticta
Olbonoma heterozona
Olbonoma leptospila
Olbonoma triptycha
Oligoloba severa
Orthiastis hyperocha
Oxythecta acceptella
Oxythecta lygrosema
Pachybela eurypolia
Palimmeces adoxella
Palimmeces habrophanes
Palimmeces hemiphanes
Palimmeces poecilella
Palimmeces variegata
Parocystola leucospora
Philobota agnesella
Philobota ancylotoxa
Philobota arabella
Philobota baryptera
Philobota bathrophaea
Philobota candida
Philobota curvilinea
Philobota embologramma
Philobota impletella
Philobota limenarcha
Philobota lysizona
Philobota mathematica
Philobota melanoglypta
Philobota moestella
Philobota olympias
Philobota partitella
Philobota philostaura
Philobota pilipes
Philobota productella
Philobota scitula
Philobota sordidella
Philobota thiocrossa
Philobota xiphostola
Phloeograptis macrynta
Phloeograptis obliquata
Phylomictis eclecta
Phytotrypa pretiosella
Piloprepes anassa
Piloprepes aemulella
Piloprepes gelidella
Polyeucta callimorpha
Prionocris phylacopis
Prionocris protoxantha
Procometis bisulcata
Procometis hylonoma
Procometis lipara
Procometis phloeodes
Prodelaca myodes
Ptyoptila matutinella
Pycnocera hypoxantha
Pycnozancla acribes
Pycnozancla epiprepes
Rhadinoloba periculosa
Scieropepla typhicola
Snellenia lineata
Snellenia miltocrossa
Sphyrelata amotella
Stathmopoda cephalaea
Stathmopoda chalcotypa
Stathmopoda crocophanes
Stathmopoda megathyma
Stathmopoda melanochroa
Stenoptena icmaea
Syringoseca mimica
Syringoseca rhodoxantha
Tachystola acroxantha
Tachystola oxytora
Tachystola thiasotis
Tanyzancla argutella
Tanyzancha marionella
Telanepsia coprobora
Telanepsia stockeri
Telanepsia tholopa
Tisobarica eranna
Tortricopsis pyroptis
Tortricopsis semijunctella
Tortricopsis uncinella
Trisynopta scatophaga
Wingia aurata
Wingia lambertella : Pink Leaf Moth
Wingia rectiorella
Zonopetala alypa
Zonopetala clerota
Zonopetala decisana
Zonopetala divisella
Zonopetala glauconephela
Zonopetala propria
Zonopetala synarthra
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