![]() | Seed Borers GELECHIOIDEA | ![]() | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
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These moths are placed by some taxonomists in ELACHISTIDAE, but here, following the Checklist of Australian Lepidoptera, we list it as a separate family.
Some important members of the 389 named Australian species in COSMOPTERIGIDAE are:
Leptozestis harmosta
Leptozestis toreutica
Limnaecia callimitris
Limnaecia camptosema
Limnaecia chionospila
Limnaecia cirrhosema
Limnaecia cirrhozona
Limnaecia leptomeris
Limnaecia polycydista
Limnaecia scoliosema
Limnaecia tetraplanetis
Mimodoxa metallica
Mimodoxa tricommatica
Pyroderces alleotricha : Cosmet Moth
Pyroderces badia : Florida Pink Scavenger
Pyroderces falcatella
Pyroderces mesoptila
Pyroderces rileyi : Pink Scavenger
Pyroderces terminella
Trachydora capnopa
Trachydora centromela
Trachydora chrysodoxa
Trachydora musaea
Trachydora pygaea
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(updated 16 December 2014, 26 January 2025)