COSMOPTERIGIDAE of Australia
 Seed Borers
GELECHIOIDEA
 
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@outlook.com)
and
Stella Crossley

COSMOPTERIGIDAE

caterpillars
  
COSMOPTERIGIDAE

moths
  
COSMOPTERIGIDAE

undersides

Some important members of the 388 named Australian species in COSMOPTERIGIDAE are:

  • Cholotis exodroma

  • Cosmopteryx chlorochalca
    Cosmopterix heliactis
    Cosmopterix macrula
  • Cosmopteryx semnostola

  • Diatonica macrogramma

  • Echinoscelis pandani

  • Elachista argopis

  • Eumenodora encrypta

  • Glaphyristis marmarea

  • Haplochrois thalycra

  • Heureta cirrhodora

  • Isorrhoa aetheria

    Ithome lassula

    Labdia ceraunia
    Labdia chryselectra

  • Labdia cyanogramma
    Labdia deliciosella
    Labdia leucombra
    Labdia species

  • Leptozestis toreutica
    Leptozestis species

    Limnaecia camptosema

  • Limnaecia chionospila
    Limnaecia cirrhosema
    Limnaecia cirrhozona
    Limnaecia polycydista
    Limnaecia scoliosema
    Limnaecia tetraplanetis

    Macrobathra alternatella
    Macrobathra anacampta

  • Macrobathra anemarcha
  • Macrobathra aphristis
    Macrobathra arrectella
  • Macrobathra astrota
    Macrobathra bigerella
    Macrobathra callipetala
  • Macrobathra callispila
    Macrobathra ceraunobola
    Macrobathra chrysotoxa
  • Macrobathra constrictella
  • Macrobathra crococosma
    Macrobathra desmotoma
    Macrobathra diplochrysa
  • Macrobathra embroneta
  • Macrobathra epimela
  • Macrobathra erythrocephala
    Macrobathra euryleuca
  • Macrobathra euryxantha
    Macrobathra euspila
  • Macrobathra hamaxitodes
    Macrobathra heminephela
  • Macrobathra hemitropa
  • Macrobathra heterozona
  • Macrobathra isoscelana
    Macrobathra leucopeda
    Macrobathra leucozancla
  • Macrobathra melanargyra
  • Macrobathra melanomitra
    Macrobathra mesopora
  • Macrobathra monostadia
  • Macrobathra myriophthalma
    Macrobathra nephelomorpha
  • Macrobathra niphadobola
  • Macrobathra philopsamma
  • Macrobathra phryganina
  • Macrobathra platychroa
  • Macrobathra porphyrea
  • Macrobathra rhythmodes
    Macrobathra rubicundella
    Macrobathra sarcoleuca
    Macrobathra vividella
  • Macrobathra xuthocoma

  • Mimodoxa tricommatica

  • Morphotica mirifica

  • Mothonodes obusta

  • Orthromicta argonota

  • Otonoma anemois

  • Paratheta calyptra
    Paratheta species

  • Pechyptila rhodocharis

  • Persicoptila arenosa

  • Phaneroctena spodopasta

    Pyroderces alleotricha : Cosmet Moth
    Pyroderces badia : Florida Pink Scavenger
    Pyroderces falcatella
    Pyroderces rileyi : Pink Scavenger
    Pyroderces terminella
    Pyroderces species

  • Rhadinastis sideropa

  • Scaeosopha mitescens

    Stagmatophora argyrostrepta

  • Tetraconta clepsimorpha

    Trachydora centromela
    Trachydora chrysodoxa
    Trachydora musaea
    Trachydora pygaea
    Trachydora species

  • Trissodoris euphaedra

    Xestocasis balanochrysa

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    (updated 16 December 2014, 11 January 2019)