GELECHIIDAE in Australia
Twirler Moths
 GELECHIOIDEA

GELECHIIDAE

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

(updated 1 June 2011)

GELECHIIDAE

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Some important members of the 444 named Australian species in GELECHIIDAE are:

Anaptilora basiphaea

Anarsia anisodonta

  • Anarsia dryinopa
    Anarsia molybdota

  • Anisoplaca bathropis

  • Anthrips mesoleuca

    Aproaerema simplexella

  • Ardozyga anthracina
    Ardozyga galactopa
  • Ardozyga idiospila
    Ardozyga mesochra
    Ardozyga nyctias
  • Ardozyga secta
  • Ardozyga stratifera

  • Aristotelia ivae : Groundsel Skeletoniser

  • Arotria iophaea

    Atasthalistis ochreoviridella

  • Australiopalpa commoni

  • Brachmia trinervis

  • Brachyacma palpigera

  • Catameces peribapta

  • Chaliniastis astrapaea

  • Corynaea dilechria

  • Craspedotis thinodes

  • Decatopseustis xanthastis

  • Deltophora peltosema

    Dichomeris acuminatus
    Dichomeris capnites

  • Dichomeris pleurophaea
  • Dichomeris thanatopsis

  • Dorycnopa triphera

  • Empalactis sporogramma

  • Ephelictis neochalca

  • Ephysteris anthochra
    Ephysteris promptella : Ratoon Shootborer

  • Epibrontis hemichlaena

  • Epimimastis porphyroloma

  • Epiphthora miarodes

  • Gelechia anthochroa
    Hemiarcha thermochroa

  • Holaxyra ancyclosticha

  • Hylograptis thryptica

  • Hyodectis crenoides

  • Hypatima baliodes
  • Hypatima deviella
  • Hypatima sphenophora

  • Idiophantis habrias

  • Idiozancla ignobilis

  • Iulota epispila

  • Leptogeneia bicristata

  • Macracaena adela

    Macrenches clerica

  • Megacraspedus niphodes

  • Myconita plutelliformis

  • Oncerozancla euopa

    Onebala hibisci

    Orthoptila abruptella

  • Pancoenia pelota

  • Pectinophora endema
    Pectinophora gossypiella : Pink Bollworm
  • Pectinophora scutigera

  • Pexicopia desmanthes
  • Pexicopia dictyomorpha
  • Pexicopia pheletes

    Phthorimaea operculella : Potato Tuberworm

  • Phaeotypa stenochorda

  • Physoptila termiticola

  • Proselotis ischnoptila

  • Pyncostola actias

  • Rhadinophylla siderosema

  • Sarotorna eridora

    Scrobipalpa aptatella

  • Scrobipalpa leucocephala
  • Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes

  • Pectinophora endema

  • Scieropepla silvicola

  • Scindalmota limata

  • Scrobipalpa leucocephala

    Sitotroga cerealella : Angoumois Grain Moth

  • Smenodoca erebenna

  • Sphaleractis platyleuca

    Stegasta variana

  • Symbolistis orophota

    Symmetrischema tangolias : Andean Potato Tuber Moth

  • Syndesmica homogenes

  • Tanycyttara xanthomochla

  • Telephila plasticus

  • Thiotricha animosella

  • Trachyntis epipona

  • Tritadelpha microptila

  • Xerometra meliphanes

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