OECOPHORIDAE of Australia
Concealer Moths
 GELECHIOIDEA

OECOPHORIDAE

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

(updated 30 June 2009)

OECOPHORIDAE

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These Caterpillars are generally small and hairless. Many feed on ground litter or dead leaves. Some bear cases, some live in the soil, and some live in shelters made joining leaves together with silk.

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.

Some common members of the 5,275 or so named Australian species of OECOPHORIDAE are:

  • Acanthodela erythrosema
    Acanthodela protophaes

    Aeolothapsa malacella

  • Ageletha crocoxantha
  • Ageletha elaeodes
    Ageletha hemiteles : Webbing Moth

    Agriophara cinerosa
    Agriophara confertella
    Agriophara gravis
    Agriophara leptosemela
    Agriophara nodigera

  • Ancistromorpha phryganophanes

  • Ancistroneura thaumasia

  • Anomozancla scopariella

  • Anthocoma euterpnes

  • Antipterna diclethra

    Arachnographa micrastrella

    Aristeis hepialella

    Atheropla decaspila

  • Barea basigramma
    Barea codrella
    Barea confusella
  • Barea exarcha
  • Barea leucocephala
    Barea melanodelta
  • Barea nymphica
  • Barea xanthoptera

  • Bathrosterra calotropha
  • Bathrosterra macrotricha

  • Brachynemata aphanes
  • Brachynemata cingulata
  • Brachynemata diantha
  • Brachynemata leucanepsia
  • Brachynemata mimopa
  • Brachynemata ochrolitha
  • Brachynemata ombrodes
  • Brachynemata restricta

  • Callimima daedalma
  • Callimima lophoptera

  • Catacometes hemiscia
  • Catacometes phanozona

    Chezala carphalea

  • Chrysonoma tentatella

  • Cnecophora melichrodes

  • Coeranica eritima
  • Coeranica isabella
  • Coeranica rhythmosema

    Compsotropha selenias
    Compsotropha strophiella

    Conobrosis acervata

  • Cosmaresta anarrecta
  • Cosmaresta anomophanes
  • Cosmaresta callichrysa
  • Cosmaresta canephora
    Cosmaresta charaxias
  • Cosmaresta eugramma
  • Cosmaresta eurytoxa
  • Cosmaresta hyphanta
  • Cosmaresta leucozancla
  • Cosmaresta niphias
  • Cosmaresta ochrophara
  • Cosmaresta phaeochorda

  • Crepidosceles argyropis
  • Crepidosceles chryscrythra
  • Crepidosceles coeloxantha
    Crepidosceles exanthema
  • Crepidosceles glycydora
  • Crepidosceles iostephana
  • Crepidosceles orthomochla
  • Crepidosceles rhodopechys
  • Crepidosceles timalphes

  • Crossophora semiota

  • Deigmoesta lithocosma

    Delexocha ochrocausta

  • Delophanes anthracephala

  • Elaphromorpha asthenes
  • Elaphromorpha axierasta
  • Elaphromorpha euneta
  • Elaphromorpha glycymilicha

  • Enchronista proximella

    Endrosis sarcitrella : White Shouldered House Moth

    Enoplidia simplex

  • Enoplidia stenomorpha

  • Eochrois acutella
  • Eochrois anaemica
  • Eochrois anthophora
  • Eochrois argyraspis
  • Eochrois atypa
    Eochrois callianassa
  • Eochrois caminias
  • Eochrois chrysias
  • Eochrois cuphosema
  • Eochrois cycnodes
  • Eochrois dejunctella
  • Eochrois epidesma
  • Eochrois epitoxa
  • Eochrois hebes
  • Eochrois holochroa
  • Eochrois leiochroa
  • Eochrois pandora
  • Eochrois phoenopis
  • Eochrois platyphaea
  • Eochrois pulverulenta
  • Eochrois rubrilinea
  • Eochrois sarcoxantha

  • Epicurica laetiferanus
  • Epicurica mutabilis

    Epithymema incomposita

    Ericibdela delotis

  • Euchaetis habrocosma
  • Euchaetis inceptella
  • Euchaetis iozona
    Euchaetis metallota
  • Euchaetis parthenopa
    Euchaetis rhizobola
  • Euchaetis rufogrisea

  • Eulechria chorodoxa
    Eulechria encratodes
  • Eulechria gypsochroa
  • Eulechria habrosema
  • Eulechria metacroca
  • Eulechria phaeina
  • Eulechria platyrrhabda
  • Eulechria psaritis
  • Eulechria semophanes
  • Eulechria sigmophora
    Eulechria subpunctella
  • Eulechria tolmera
  • Eulechria triferella
  • Eulechria xeropterella
  • Eulechria zophoptera

    Eusemocosma pruinosa

  • Garrha atripunctatella
    Garrha demotica
  • Garrha idiosema
    Garrha limbata
    Garrha ocellifera
  • Garrha phoenopis
    Garrha pudica
    Garrha species

  • Habroscopa idiocosma
  • Habroscopa iriodes
  • Habroscopa miltotypa

  • Hapaloteucha idiosticha
  • Hapaloteucha paragramma

  • Heliocausta oecophorella

    Hemibela callista

  • Hemibela hemicalypta
    Hemibela trigonoptera
  • Hemibela tyranna
    Hemibela species

  • Heteroteucha anthodora
  • Heteroteucha asema
  • Heteroteucha aspasia
    Heteroteucha dichroella
  • Heteroteucha dimochla
  • Heteroteucha distephana
  • Heteroteucha kershawi
  • Heteroteucha occidua
  • Heteroteucha ophthalmica
  • Heteroteucha paraclista
    Heteroteucha parvula
  • Heteroteucha porphyryplaca
  • Heteroteucha rhoecosema
  • Heteroteucha rhoecozona
  • Heteroteucha stereomita
  • Heteroteucha subflava
  • Heteroteucha thalamepola
    Heteroteucha translatella

    Heterozyga coppatias

    Hieromantis ephodophora : Brown House Moth

    Hofmannophila pseudospretella : Hoop Pine Seed Moth

    Hoplomorpha camelaea

  • Ioptera aristogona

    Ironopolia sobriella

    Isomoralla eriscota

    Leptocroca sanguinolenta

  • Lophopepla asteropa
    Lophopepla igniferella
  • Lophopepla triselena

  • Mermeristis spodiaea

    Merocroca automima

    Microbela epicona

  • Myrascia bracteatella
  • Myrascia interlineatella

  • Notodryas vallata

  • Ocystola crystallina
    Ocystola paulinella
  • Ocystola pyramis

  • Oenochroa cosmosticha
  • Oenochroa endochlora
  • Oenochroa lactella
    Oenochroa species A
    Oenochroa species B

  • Olbonoma disticta
  • Olbonoma heterozona
  • Olbonoma leptospila
    Olbonoma triptycha

  • Oligoloba severa

  • Orthiastis hyperocha

    Oxythecta acceptella

  • Oxythecta lygrosema

  • Pachybela eurypolia

  • Palimmeces adoxella
  • Palimmeces habrophanes
  • Palimmeces hemiphanes
  • Palimmeces poecilella
  • Palimmeces variegata

  • Parocystola leucospora

    Philarista porphyrinella

  • Philobota agnesella
    Philobota arabella
    Philobota impletella
    Philobota lysizona
    Philobota partitella
    Philobota productella
    Philobota xiphostola

  • Phloeograptis macrynta

  • Phytotrypa pretiosella

    Piloprepes anassa
    Piloprepes aemulella

    Pilostibes basivitta

    Polyeucta callimorpha

  • Prionocris complanula

  • Procometis bisulcata
  • Procometis lipara
  • Procometis phloeodes

  • Prodelaca myodes

  • Pycnocera hypoxantha

  • Pycnozancla acribes
  • Pycnozancla epiprepes

  • Rhadinoloba periculosa

  • Scieropepla typhicola

  • Snellenia lineata
  • Snellenia miltocrossa

  • Stathmopoda cephalaea
  • Stathmopoda chalcotypa
    Stathmopoda crocophanes
    Stathmopoda megathyma
    Stathmopoda melanochroa

    Syringoseca mimica

    Tachystola aethopis

  • Tanyzancla argutella
    Tanyzancha marionella

    Telanepsia stockeri

    Tortricopsis pyroptis
    Tortricopsis semijunctella
    Tortricopsis uncinella

  • Trisynopta scatophaga

    Tymbophora peltastis

    Wingia aurata
    Wingia lambertella : Pink Leaf Moth

    Zonopetala alypa
    Zonopetala clerota
    Zonopetala decisana

  • Zonopetala divisella
  • Zonopetala glauconephela

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