PLUTELLIDAE in Australia
Diamondback Moths
YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

PLUTELLIDAE

caterpillar
  
PLUTELLIDAE

cocoon
  
PLUTELLIDAE

moths
  
PLUTELLIDAE

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Some taxonomists place this family as the subfamily PLUTELLINAE in YPONOMEUTIDAE, and sometimes this family is included in GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE, but here, following Nielsen et al, we list it as a separate family. Also some taxonomists place the genus Tritymba in BUCCULATRICIDAE, but again here, following Nielsen et al, we list it in PLUTELLIDAE.

So: the 27 named species of PLUTELLIDAE in Australia are :

  • Chrysorthenches lagarostrobi
  • Chrysorthenches microstrobi

    Diathryptica callibrya
    Diathryptica proterva
    Diathryptica theticopis

    Leuroperna sera

    Mychonoa mesozona

    Nag psammochroa : Stripey Plutellid

    Orthenches epiphricta

  • Orthenches liparochroa
    Orthenches pleurosticta

    Phalangitis crymorrhoa
    Phalangitis pellochroa
    Phalangitis triaria
    Phalangitis tumultuosa
    Phalangitis veterana

    Plutella xylostella : Cabbage Moth

    Tonza purella

    Tritymba acrospila

  • Tritymba aulophora
    Tritymba dasybathra
    Tritymba dianipha
    Tritymba diatoma
    Tritymba ochrocera
    Tritymba pamphaea
    Tritymba stichogramma
    Tritymba xanthocoma

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    (updated 31 May 2014, 1 September 2024)