PLUTELLIDAE in Australia
 Diamondback Moths
 YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 

  
PLUTELLIDAE

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PLUTELLIDAE

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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 28 named species of PLUTELLIDAE in Australia are :

  • Chrysorthenches lagarostrobi
  • Chrysorthenches microstrobi

    Diathryptica proterva

  • Diathryptica callibrya
  • Diathryptica theticopis

    Leuropena sera

  • Mychonoa mesozona

  • Orthenches epiphrycta
  • Orthenches liparochroa
  • Orthenches pleurosticta

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

  • Plutella psammochroa
    Plutella xylostella : Cabbage Moth

  • Proditrix nielseni Giant Tasmanian Pandani 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 13 May 2010)