XYLORYCTIDAE of Australia
Timber Moths

XYLORYCTIDAE

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

(updated 26 January 2012)

XYLORYCTIDAE

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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

  • Autosticha symmetra

  • Bassarodes siriaca

  • Bathydoxa euxesta

  • Bida radiosella

  • Boydia criniferella

  • Brachybelistis blackburnii
  • Brachybelistis neomorpha
  • Brachybelistis pentachroa

  • Caenorycta xylomima

  • Catoryctis eugramma
  • Catoryctis subnexella

  • Chalarotona intabescens

  • Chereuta anthracistis

  • Clerarcha agana
  • Clerarcha dryinopa
  • Clerarcha grammatistis
  • Clerarcha poliochyta
  • Clerarcha vepallida

  • 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 scitissimella

  • Leistarcha tenuistria

  • 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 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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