XYLORYCTIDAE of Australia
Timber Moths
The family XYLORYCTIDAE was considered to be a subfamily
of OECOPHORIDAE by Nielsen et al., but here following the
later book
A Guide to Australian Moths by
Zborowski & Edwards
we have listed it as a separate family.
Many of the caterpillars of this family bore into timber,
hence their common name.
Some common members of the 275 named Australian species
in XYLORYCTIDAE are:
Araeostoma aenicta
Arignota stercorata
Athrotaxivora tasmanica
Bassarodes siriaca
Bathydoxa euxesta
Bida radiosella
Boydia criniferella
Brachybelistis blackburnii
Brachybelistis neomorpha
Brachybelistis pentachroa
Caenorycta xylomima
Catoryctis eugramma
Catoryctis subnexella
Catoryctis subparallela
Chalarotona intabescens
Chereuta anthracistis
Clerarcha agana
Clerarcha dryinopa
Clerarcha grammatistis
Clerarcha poliochyta
Compsotorna eccrita
Compsotorna oligarchica
Copidoris dimorpha
Crypsicharis enthetica
Crypsicharis neocosma
Cryptophasa aglaodes
Cryptophasa albacosta : Small Fruit Tree Borer
Cryptophasa alphitodes
Cryptophasa argyrias
Cryptophasa argyrocolla
Cryptophasa atecmarta
Cryptophasa balteata
Cryptophasa bipunctata
Cryptophasa blosyra
Cryptophasa byssinopis
Cryptophasa cannea
Cryptophasa catharia
Cryptophasa chionodes
Cryptophasa citrinopa
Cryptophasa delocentra
Cryptophasa diplosema
Cryptophasa ensigera
Cryptophasa epadelpha
Cryptophasa epixysta
Cryptophasa eumorpha
Cryptophasa flavolineata
Cryptophasa gypsomera
Cryptophasa hemipsila
Cryptophasa hyalinopa
Cryptophasa immaculata
Cryptophasa insana
Cryptophasa irrorata
Cryptophasa isoneura
Cryptophasa lasiocosma
Cryptophasa leucadelpha
Cryptophasa melanoscia
Cryptophasa molaris
Cryptophasa nephrosema
Cryptophasa nigricincta
Cryptophasa nubila
Cryptophasa nymphidias
Cryptophasa ochroleuca
Cryptophasa opalina
Cryptophasa panleuca
Cryptophasa phaeochtha
Cryptophasa phaethontia
Cryptophasa phycidoides
Cryptophasa platypedimela
Cryptophasa porphyritis
Cryptophasa psilocrossa
Cryptophasa pultenae
Cryptophasa rubescens
Cryptophasa rubra
Cryptophasa russata
Cryptophasa sacerdos
Cryptophasa sarcinota
Cryptophasa sceliphrodes
Cryptophasa spilonota
Cryptophasa stenoleuca
Cryptophasa stochastis
Cryptophasa tecta
Cryptophasa tetrazona
Cryptophasa themerodes
Cryptophasa xylomima
Cryptophasa zorodes
Echiomima mythica
Eporycta hiracopis
Eschatura lemurias
Gomphoscopa catoryctopis
Gonioma hospita
Gonioma hypoxantha
Heterochyta aprepta
Hylypnes isosticha
Hyponomeuta viduata
Illidgea aethalodes
Illidgea epigramma
Iulactis insignis
Iulactis semifusca
Leistarcha amphigramma
Leistarcha scitissimella
Leptobelistis asemanta
Lichenaula afflictella
Lichenaula appropinquans
Lichenaula arisema
Lichenaula calligrapha
Lichenaula callispora
Lichenaula choriodes
Lichenaula circumsignata
Lichenaula comparella
Lichenaula drosias
Lichenaula fumata
Lichenaula goniodes
Lichenaula ignota
Lichenaula lambda
Lichenaula laniata
Lichenaula lichenea
Lichenaula lithina
Lichenaula maculosa
Lichenaula melanoleuca
Lichenaula mochlias
Lichenaula musica
Lichenaula neboissi
Lichenaula onychodes
Lichenaula onychotypa
Lichenaula pelodesma
Lichenaula petulans
Lichenaula phloeochroa
Lichenaula selenophora
Lichenaula tholodes
Lichenaula tortriciformis
Lichenaula tuberculata
Lichenaula undulatella
Liparistis lioxera
Liparistis monosema
Lophobela sinuosa
Maroga leptopasta
Maroga melanostigma
Maroga paragypsa
Maroga sericodes
Maroga setiotricha
Paralecta tinctoria
Perixestis eucephala
Philarista porphyrinella
Phthonerodes peridela
Pilostibes basivitta
Pilostibes embroneta
Pilostibes serpta
Pilostibes stigmatias
Plectophila acrochroa
Plectophila discalis
Plectophila electella
Plectophila eucrines
Plectophila micradelpha
Plectophila placocosma
Plectophila pyrgodes
Plectophila sarculata
Plectophila thiophanes
Plectophila thrasycosma
Potniarcha hierastis
Scieropepla rimata
Scieropepla megadelpha
Scieropepla monoides
Scieropepla polyxesta
Scieropepla reversella
Scieropepla serina
Scieropepla typhicola
Sphalerostola epierana
Stachyneura sceliphrodes
Telecrates basileia
Telecrates desmochrysa
Telecrates laetiorella
Telecrates melanochrysa
Thymiatris allocrossa
Thysiarcha ecclesiastis
Tymbophora peltastis
Uzucha borealis
Uzucha humeralis
Xerocrates proleuca
Xylodryadella cryeranthes
Xylomimetes scholastis
Xylomimetes trachyptera
Xylorycta amaloptis
Xylorycta amblygona
Xylorycta amphileuca
Xylorycta apheles
Xylorycta argentella
Xylorycta argyrota
Xylorycta assimilis
Xylorycta austera
Xylorycta bipunctella
Xylorycta calligramma
Xylorycta candescens
Xylorycta castanea
Xylorycta ceratospila
Xylorycta chionoptera
Xylorycta chrysomela
Xylorycta cirrhophragma
Xylorycta conistica
Xylorycta corticana
Xylorycta cosmeta
Xylorycta cosmopis
Xylorycta cygnella
Xylorycta emarginata
Xylorycta flavicosta
Xylorycta haplochroa
Xylorycta heliomacula : Mistletoe Stem Borer
Xylorycta homoleuca
Xylorycta leucophanes
Xylorycta luteotactella
Xylorycta maeandria
Xylorycta melaleucae
Xylorycta melanias
Xylorycta melanula
Xylorycta micracma
Xylorycta moligera
Xylorycta molybdina
Xylorycta nivella
Xylorycta ophiogramma
Xylorycta orectis
Xylorycta parabolella
Xylorycta parthenistis
Xylorycta perflua
Xylorycta philonympha
Xylorycta placidella
Xylorycta polysticha
Xylorycta sigmophora
Xylorycta stereodesma
Xylorycta streptogramma
Xylorycta strigata
Xylorycta synaula
Xylorycta synaula
Xylorycta tapeina
Xylorycta tignaria
Zaphanaula hemileuca
Zauclophora pelodes
Zauclophora procellosa
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