TINEIDAE of Australia
Clothes Moths
TINEOIDEA
  
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

TINEIDAE

caterpillars
  
TINEIDAE

pupae
  
TINEIDAE

moths
  
TINEIDAE

undersides

The caterpillars of these species construct and live in portable camouflaged cases, as do the caterpillars of ADELIDAE, HELIOCOSMA GROUP, and PSYCHIDAE.

There are about 188 named Australian species assigned to TINEIDAE including:

Acridotarsa celsella

  • Amphixystis antiloga

    Analytarcha colleta

  • Asymplecta aplectodes

  • Comodica tetracercella

    Craniosara pyrotricha

  • Crypsithyrodes concolorella

  • Dryadaula anthracorma

  • Ectropoceros ostrina

    Edosa fraudulens
    Edosa hypocritica
    Edosa idiochroa
    Edosa ochracea
    Edosa ochranthes
    Edosa purella
    Edosa tyrannica
    Edosa xystidophora

    Erechthias acontistes
    Erechthias acontotypa
    Erechthias citrinopa
    Erechthias diaphora
    Erechthias epomadia
    Erechthias epispora
    Erechthias mystacinella
    Erechthias simulans
    Erechthias zebrina

  • Eudarcia anaglypta

    Gerontha acrosthenia

  • Hippiochaetes chrysaspis

    Lindera tessellatella : Bran Moth

    Mesopherna palustris

    Metapherna salsa

    Micrerethista nigrapex

    Mimoscopa ochetaula

    Moerarchis australasiella
    Moerarchis clathrata
    Moerarchis hypomacra
    Moerarchis inconcisella
    Moerarchis placomorpha
    Moerarchis pyrochroa

    Monopis argillacea
    Monopis chrysogramma
    Monopis crocicapitella : Bird Nest Moth
    Monopis ethelella
    Monopis icterogastra : Wool Moth
    Monopis meliorella
    Monopis monacha

    Morophaga clonodes

    Nemapogon granella : European Grain Moth

    Niditinea fuscella : Brown-dotted Clothes Moth

  • Oenoe hemiphara

    Opogona comptella
    Opogona glycyphaga : Sugarcane Bud Moth
    Opogona omoscopa
    Opogona papayae
    Opogona protodoxa
    Opogona stereodyta

    Parochmastis styracodes

    Phereoeca praecox

  • Phaeoses caenologa

    Praeacedes atomosella

  • Sarocrania ischnophylla

    Setomorpha rutella

  • Tenaga nigripunctella

    Thomintarra primaeva

  • Timaea bivittatella

    Tinea dicharacta
    Tinea monophthalma
    Tinea pallescentella : Large Pale Clothes Moth
    Tinea pellionella : Case-Making Clothes Moth

    Tineola bisselliella : Webbing Clothes Moth

  • Tinissa rigida

  • Tiquadra atomarcha

  • Trachycentra rhynchitis

    Trichophaga tapetzella : Tapestry Moth

  • Vanna bisepta

  • Xeringinia altilis

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    (updated 3 December 2014, 6 September 2019, 19 October 2019, 13 November 2020, 13 June 2022)