STATHMOPODIDAE in Australia
Lizard Moths
 formerly known as LAMPRYSTICINAE
GELECHIOIDEA

  
STATHMOPODIDAE

moths
  
STATHMOPODIDAE

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

The species listed here in this family have been placed as subfamiles in various other families by previous authors, including HELIODINIDAE ELACHISTIDAE, and OECOPHORIDAE, but here following recent morphological and molecular studies, we list it as a family.

The moths have a characteristic resting posture with the hind legs raised out and above the body, rather like the resting posture of many Lizards.
The 95 named Australian species in STATHMOPODIDAE include :

  • Actinoscelis astricta

    Aeoloscelis chrysophoenicea
    Aeoloscelis hipparcha
    Aeoloscelis pachyceros

    Calicotis crucifera : Leather-leaf Spore-Eater
    Calicotis sialota

    Coracistis erythrocosma

    Dolophrosynella balteata

    Ethirastis sideraula

    Hieromantis albata
    Hieromantis ephodophora : Hoop Pine Seed Moth

    Idioglossa metallochrysa

    Molybdurga metallophora

    Mylocera tenebrifera

  • Pachyrhabda acroscia
  • Pachyrhabda adela
  • Pachyrhabda antinoma
  • Pachyrhabda argyritis
  • Pachyrhabda bacterias
  • Pachyrhabda campylosticha
  • Pachyrhabda capnoscia
  • Pachyrhabda hygrophaes
  • Pachyrhabda liriopis
  • Pachyrhabda punctifera
  • Pachyrhabda steropodes
  • Pachyrhabda xanthoscia

  • Pseudaegeria hyalina
  • Pseudaegeria phlogina
  • Pseudaegeria polytita
    Pseudaegeria squamicornis

  • Snellenia capnora
    Snellenia flavipennis
  • Snellenia hylaea
    Snellenia lineata
    Snellenia miltocrossa

  • Stathmopoda acontias
  • Stathmopoda arachnophthora
  • Stathmopoda bathrodelta
    Stathmopoda callichrysa
  • Stathmopoda canonica
  • Stathmopoda castanodes
    Stathmopoda cephalaea
    Stathmopoda chalcotypa
    Stathmopoda crocophanes
  • Stathmopoda cyanopla
    Stathmopoda hyposcia
  • Stathmopoda isoclera
    Stathmopoda lethonoa
  • Stathmopoda liporrhoa
    Stathmopoda mannophora
  • Stathmopoda marmarosticha
    Stathmopoda megathyma
    Stathmopoda melanochra : Eriococcus Moth
    Stathmopoda mimantha
  • Stathmopoda pantarches
  • Stathmopoda platynipha
  • Stathmopoda recondita
  • Stathmopoda rubripicta
  • Stathmopoda trichopeda
  • Stathmopoda triselena
  • Stathmopoda tritophaea

  • Trychnopepla discors

    Zatrichodes horrifica

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    (updated 27 June 2013, 21 December 2024)