Micro-Moth families in Australia | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
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Some micro-moth species have easily identifiable postures :-
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Some micro-moth families have easily identifiable wing shapes :-
ALUCITIDAE Many-Plumed Moths | PTEROPHORIDAE Plume Moths | SESIIDAE Clear Wings | TINEODIDAE False Plume Moths |
Most micro-moths are harder to identify :-
ADELIDAE Fairy Moths (8) | AGATHIPHAGIDAE Kauri Moths (1) | AGONOXENIDAE Palm Moths (1) | ANOMOSETIDAE Primitive Ghost Moths (1) |
ARGYRESTHIIDAE Needle Miners (1) | BATRACHEDRIDAE Fringed Moths (3) | BLASTOBASIDAE Dull Moths (4) | BLASTODACNIDAE Detritus Moths (3) |
BRACHODIDAE Little Bear Moths (16) | BUCCULATRICIDAE Scribbler Moths (3) | CARPOSINIDAE Fruitworms (25) | CHOREUTIDAE Metalmark Moths (15) |
COLEOPHORIDAE Tiny Case Moths (4) | COPROMORPHIDAE Fig Borers (7) | COSMOPTERIGIDAE Seed Borers (58) | CRAMBIDAE Webworms, Shoot Borers (449) |
CYCLOTORNIDAE Ant Worms (5) | DEPRESSARIIDAE Flat-Bodied Moths (28) | ELACHISTIDAE Grass-miner Moths (15) | EPERMENIIDAE Fringe-tufted Moths (4) |
EPIPYROPIDAE Planthopper Parasite Moths (2) | ERIOCOTTIDAE Spiny-winged Moths (1) | GALACTICIDAE WWebworms (2) | GELECHIIDAE Twirler Moths (78) |
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE Gem Moths (18) | GRACILLARIIDAE Leaf Miners (28) | HELIOCOSMA Group Tufted Moths (9) | HELIODINIDAE Metal Moths (3) |
HELIOZELIDAE Shield Bearer Moths (4) | HYPERTROPHIDAE Twig Moths (29) | INCURVARIIDAE Leafcutter Moths (1) | LACTURIDAE Lactura Group (26) |
LECITHOCERIDAE Tropical Longhorned Moths (25) | LOPHOCORONIDAE Tiny Ghost Moths (4) | LYONETIIDAE Stem Borers (11) | MICROPTERIGIDAE Mandibulate Moths (9) |
NEPTICULIDAE Pigmy Moths (8) | OECOPHORIDAE Concealer Moths (530) | OPOSTEGIDAE White Eyecap Moths (10) | PALAEPHATIDAE Gondwanaland Moths (11) |
PLUTELLIDAE Diamondback Moths (23) | PYRALIDAE Snout, Frass, Meal, & Flour Moths (182) | ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE Small Ermine Moths (15) | SCYTHRIDIDAE Scythridid Moths |
SIMAETHISTIDAE Simaethistid Moths | SYMMOCIDAE Symmocid Moths (4) | TINEIDAE Clothes Moths (59) | TORTRICIDAE Leaf Rollers, Bell Moths (211) |
YPONOMEUTIDAE Ermine Moths (26) | ZYGAENIDAE Foresters, Burnet Moths (30) |
Not-Caterpillars | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | Not-Moths |
(written 17 July 2022, updated 9 January 2024)