COLEOPHORIDAE (Case Bearers) of Australia
 (one synonym: EUPISTIDAE) GELECHIOIDEA
 

 
COLEOPHORIDAE

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

The Caterpillars of this family live in a silk case.

The genera that we list in BLASTOBASIDAE are sometimes placed here in COLEOPHORIDAE, but following the "Checklist", we list them as a separate family.

The 14 named Australian species in COLEOPHORIDAE are:

  • Coleophora albiradiata
    Coleophora alcyonipennella
  • Coleophora consumpta
    Coleophora crypsineura
    Coleophora frischella
  • Coleophora frustrata
  • Coleophora fuscosquamata
  • Coleophora horakae
  • Coleophora leucocephala
  • Coleophora nielseni
  • Coleophora rustica
  • Coleophora seminalis
    Coleophora serinipennella
  • Coleophora tremefacta

    Further reading:

    Giorgio Baldizzone,
    A taxonomic review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Australia,
    Tijdschrift voor entomologie,
    Volume 139, Number 2 (1996) pp. 97-144.

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    (updated 31 May 2014, 27 January 2025)