DEPRESSARIINAE of Australia Flat-Bodied Moths DEPRESSARIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

DEPRESSARIINAE caterpillars

DEPRESSARIINAE pupae

DEPRESSARIINAE moths

DEPRESSARIINAE undersides

The Caterpillars of this subfamily generally live in shelters made from leaves of their foodplants joined with silk. The subfamily is often included in OECOPHORIDAE, but there are clear physiological differences between the DEPRESSARIINAE and the OECOPHORIDAE, so it is here treated separately as a subfamily of DEPRESSARIIDAE.
The DEPRESSARIIDAE are much commoner in the northern hemisphere than in the Australia, whereas the OECOPHORIDAE are much better represented in Australia.

The 73 described and named Australian species of DEPRESSARIINAE are:

Agonopterix alstroemeriana : Hemlock Moth

Barantola panarista
Barantola pulcherrima

Bleptochiton leucotrigona

Eutorna generalis
Eutorna intonsa
Eutorna leptographa
Eutorna pabulicola

Eutorna spintherias
Eutorna tricasis

Notosara acosmeta 40
Notosara nephelotis

Octasphales chorderes
Octasphales eubrocha

Pedois amaurophanes
Pedois anthracias
Pedois argillea
Pedois ceramora
Pedois cosmopoda
Pedois epinephela

Pedois haploceros 50
Pedois humerana
Pedois lewinella

Thalamarchella aneureta
Thalamarchella cyphopleura 70

Thalamarchella robinsoni

Thyromorpha stibaropis

Tonica effractella

previous family

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

next subfamily

(updated 13 October 2014, 26 July 2025)