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 callibrya
Diathryptica proterva
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
(updated 31 May 2014, 25 June 2017)