PLUTELLIDAE in Australia
 Diamondback Moths
 YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

PLUTELLIDAE

caterpillar
  
PLUTELLIDAE

cocoon
  
PLUTELLIDAE

moths
  
PLUTELLIDAE

underside

Some taxonomists place this family as the subfamily as the subfamily PLUTELLINAE in YPONOMEUTIDAE, and sometimes this family is included in GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE, but here, following Nielsen et al, we list it as a separate family.

The 27 named species of PLUTELLIDAE in Australia are :

  • Chrysorthenches lagarostrobi
  • Chrysorthenches microstrobi

    Diathryptica callibrya
    Diathryptica proterva
    Diathryptica theticopis

    Leuroperna sera

    Mychonoa mesozona

    Nag psammochroa

    Orthenches epiphricta

  • Orthenches liparochroa
    Orthenches pleurosticta

  • Phalangitis crymorrhoa
  • Phalangitis pellochroa
  • Phalangitis triaria
    Phalangitis tumultuosa
    Phalangitis veterana

    Plutella xylostella : Cabbage Moth

    Tonza purella

  • Tritymba acrospila
  • Tritymba aulophora
  • Tritymba dasybathra
  • Tritymba dianipha
  • Tritymba diatoma
  • Tritymba ochrocera
  • Tritymba pamphaea
  • Tritymba stichogramma
    Tritymba xanthocoma

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    (updated 31 May 2014, 25 June 2017, 8 June 2019, 14 August 2020, 4 February 2022)