PYRAUSTINAE of Australia
CRAMBIDAE

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

(updated 11 September 2008)

Some notable members of the 386 named species of PYRAUSTINAE n Australia are:

  • Aboetheta pteridonoma

    Achyra affinitalis : Cotton Web Spinner
    Achyra massalis : Ombava

  • Aethaloessa calidalis

    Aetholix flavibasalis

    Agathodes ostentalis

  • Agathodes paliscia

    Agrioglypta deliciosa
    Agrioglypta eurytusalis
    Agrioglypta excelsalis
    Agrioglypta itysalis
    Agrioglypta zelimalis

    Agrotera amathealis

  • Agrotera glycyphanes
  • Agrotera ignepicta
    Agrotera pictalis

  • Analyta albicillalis
  • Analyta sigulalis

    Antigastra catalaunalis

    Aphytoceros lucusalis

  • Aporocosmus lamprodeta

  • Archernis callixantha

    Arthroschista hilaralis : Kadam Defoliator
    Arthroschista tricoloralis

    Ategumia adipalis

    Atelocentra chlorapsis

  • Bacotoma illatalis

  • Botyodes asialis

    Bradina admixtalis

  • Camptomastix hisbonalis

  • Caprinia felderi

    Chabula acamasalis

  • Chalcidoptera emissalis

  • Chrysothyridia invertalis

  • Circobotys occultilinea

    Cirrhochrista aetherialis
    Cirrhochrista annulifera
    Cirrhochrista arcusalis
    Cirrhochrista caconalis
    Cirrhochrista punctulata
    Cirrhochrista species

  • Cissachroa callischema

    Cnaphalocrocis medinalis : Rice Leaffolder
    Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis : Lesser Rice-Leafroller

  • Conogethes diminutiva
  • Conogethes ersealis
    Conogethes haemactalis
    Conogethes punctiferalis : Yellow Peach Moth
    Conogethes pluto
    Conogethes semifascialis
    Conogethes tharsalea

  • Coptobasis ridepalis

  • Cotachena aluensis
  • Cotachena hicana
    Cotachena histricalis

  • Criophthona baliocrossa

  • Cydalima diaphanalis
    Cydalima laticostalis

    Desmia discrepans

    Deuterarcha xanthomela

    Diaphania indica

  • Diasemia accalis

  • Diasemiopsis ramburialis

    Diathrausta ochreipennis

  • Diathrausta picata

    Dichocrosis clytusalis : Kurrajong Bag Moth
    Dichocrocis erixantha

    Didymostoma aurotinctalis

    Diplopseustis perieresalis

  • Dracaenura horochroa

  • Dysallacta megalopa
  • Dysallacta negatalis

    Ectadiosoma straminea

  • Epherema abyssalis

    Euclasta maceratalis
    Euclasta whalleyi : Rubber Vine Moth

  • Eudaimonisma batchelorella

    Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis
    Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis

  • Eurybela trophoessa

  • Eusabena monostictalis
    Eusabena paraphragma

    Filodes fulvibasalis

  • Glauconoe deductalis

    Glycythyma chrysorycta
    Glycythyma leonina

  • Glyphodes actorionalis
  • Glyphodes apiospila
    Glyphodes bicolor
    Glyphodes bivitralis
    Glyphodes caesalis : Jackfruit Borer
    Glyphodes canthusalis
    Glyphodes conjunctalis
    Glyphodes cosmarcha
    Glyphodes doleschalii
  • Glyphodes flavizonalis
    Glyphodes margaritaria
    Glyphodes microta
    Glyphodes multilinealis
    Glyphodes onychinalis
  • Glyphodes pulverulentalis
    Glyphodes stolalis

    Haritalodes derogata
    Haritalodes obliqualis

    Herpetogramma hipponalis : Green Leaffolder
    Herpetogramma licarsisalis : Sod Webworm
    Herpetogramma platycapna

  • Herpetogramma stultalis

  • Hyalobathra aequalis
  • Hyalobathra brevialis
    Hyalobathra crenulata
    Hyalobathra illectalis
  • Hyalobathra minialis
    Hyalobathra miniosalis
    Hyalobathra unicolor

  • Hymenoptychis sordida

    Hymenia perspectalis : Spotted Beet Webworm Moth

    Ischnurges illustralis

    Isocentris filalis

    Lamprophaia ablactalis

  • Leucinodes orbonalis

  • Lipararchis aspilus
    Lipararchis tranquillalis

  • Macaretaera hesperis

  • Macrobela phaeophasma

    Maruca vitrata : Beanpod Borer

    Meroctena staintonii

  • Merodictya marmorata

  • Metallarcha achoeusalis
  • Metallarcha aureodiscalis
  • Metallarcha calliaspis
  • Metallarcha chrysitis
  • Metallarcha diplochrysa
  • Metallarcha diplochrysa
  • Metallarcha epichrysa
    Metallarcha eurychrysa
  • Metallarcha leucodetis
  • Metallarcha phaenolis
  • Metallarcha pseliota
  • Metallarcha tetraplaca
  • Metallarcha thiophara
  • Metallarcha zygosema

  • Metasia capnochroa
  • Metasia dicealis
  • Metasia liophaea
  • Metasia ochrochoa
    Metasia zinckenialis

    Metoeca foedalis

  • Myriostephes crocobapta

    Nacoleia amphicedalis

  • Nacoleia charesalis
  • Nacoleia megaspilalis
  • Nacoleia obliqualis
  • Nacoleia octasema
    Nacoleia rhoeoalis

  • Nausinoe geometralis
  • Nausinoe globulipedalis
    Nausinoe pueritia

    Niphograpta albiguttalis : Water Hyacinth Borer

    Nomophila corticalis

  • Nosophora hypsalis

    Notarcha aurolinealis

  • Notarcha chrysoplasta
  • Notarcha obrinusalis
    Notarcha polytimeta

  • Omiodes basalticalis
  • Omiodes chrysampyx
    Omiodes diemenalis
  • Omiodes dispilotalis
  • Omiodes nigriscripta
  • Omiodes nigriscripta
    Omiodes odontosticta
  • Omiodes origoalis
  • Omiodes poeonalis
  • Omiodes surrectalis

    Orphanostigma abruptalis

  • Orphanostigma angustale

  • Orphnophanes eucerusalis

  • Orthospila orissusalis

  • Osiriaca ptousalis

    Ostrinia furnacalis : Asian Corn Borer

    Pachynoa xanthochyta

  • Paliga ignealis

    Palpita annulata
    Palpita horakae

  • Palpita hyaloptila
  • Palpita limbata
    Palpita pajnii
  • Palpita pratti
  • Palpita rhodocosta
    Palpita unionalis : Jasmine Moth

  • Pardomima amyntusalis

    Parotis atlitais

  • Parotis incurvata
    Parotis marginata
  • Parotis marinata
  • Parotis pomonalis
  • Parotis punctiferalis
    Parotis suralis

  • Patania aedilis

  • Piletocera albimixtalis
  • Piletocera meekii

  • Pleuroptya balteata
  • Pleuroptya emmetris
  • Pleuroptya sabinusalis
  • Pleuroptya symphonodes
    Pleuroptya tenuis

    Prooedema inscisalis

    Prophantis adusta
    Prophantis androstigmata

  • Prorodes mimica

  • Protonoceras argocephala
  • Protonoceras eucosma
  • Protonoceras leucocosma
    Protonoceras mitis

  • Pycnarmon aripanalis
    Pycnarmon cribrata
  • Pycnarmon jaguaralis
    Pycnarmon meritalis

  • Pygospila bivittalis
  • Pygospila hyalotypa
    Pygospila tyres

    Pyrausta panopealis : Perilla Leaf Moth

  • Pyrausta testalis

  • Rehimena auritincta
    Rehimena cissophora
  • Rehimena infundibulalis
  • Rehimena leptophaes
    Rehimena phrynealis
  • Rehimena surusalis

  • Rhectothyris rosea

    Rhimphalea lindusalis

  • Rhimphalea sceletalis

    Rhimphaliodes macrostigma

    Samea multiplicalis : Salvinia Moth

    Sameodes cancellalis

    Sceliodes cordalis : Eggfruit Caterpillar

  • Sedenia cervalis
  • Sedenia rupalis

  • Sericophylla nivalis

    Sisyrophora pfeifferae

    Spoladea recurvalis : Beet Webworm

    Stemorrhages amphitritalis

  • Stemorrhages marthesiusalis

  • Syllepte leucodontia
  • Syllepte ochrotozona
  • Syllepte phricosticha
  • Syllepte polydonta
  • Syllepte trachelota

  • Symmoracma minoralis

  • Tabidia insanalis

    Talanga sabacusalis
    Talanga sexpunctalis
    Talanga tolumnialis

    Tatobotys biannulalis

  • Tatobotys janapalis

  • Terastia subjectalis

  • Tetridia caletoralis

  • Torqueola subaenescens

  • Trigonobela nebridopepla
    Trigonobela perfenestrata

  • Tyspanodes creaghi
  • Tyspanodes linealis
  • Tyspanodes metachrysialis

  • Udea hyalistis

    Uresiphita insulicola
    Uresiphita ornithopteralis : Tree Lucerne (Tagasaste) Moth

  • Xubida infusellus

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