GRACILLARIIDAE of Australia
 Leaf Miners and Stem Borers
GRACILLARIOIDEA
  
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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Some of the prominent species in the 200 or so named species in Australia in GRACILLARIIDAE are:

  • Acrocercops antimima
    Acrocercops alysidota : Wattle Miner
    Acrocercops autadelpha
    Acrocercops calicella
    Acrocercops chionosema : Macadamia Leaf Miner
  • Acrocercops hoplocala
    Acrocercops irrorata
    Acrocercops laciniella : Blackbutt Leaf Miner
  • Acrocercops macaria
    Acrocercops ophiodes
    Acrocercops plebeia
  • Acrocercops pyrigenes
  • Acrocercops tricuneatella

  • Caloptilia adelosema
    Caloptilia azaleella : Azalea borer
    Caloptilia bryonoma
  • Caloptilia cyanoxantha
  • Caloptilia octopunctata
    Caloptilia ostracodes
    Caloptila plagata
  • Caloptilia protiella
    Caloptilia xanthopharella

    Conopomorpha cramerella : Cocoa Pod Borer
    Conopomorpha heliopla

    Dialectica aemula
    Dialectica scalariella : Echium Leaf Miner

    Epicephala trigonophora
    Epicephala species

    Gibbovalva quadrifasciata

  • Macarostola formosa
    Macarostola ida
  • Macarostola polyplaca

    Neurostrota gunniella

    Phyllocnistis atractias
    Phyllocnistis atranota
    Phyllocnistis citrella : Citrus Leafminer

  • Phyllocnistis diaugella
    Phyllocnistis iodocella

    Phyllonorycter messaniella : Zeller's Midget
    Phyllonorycter stephanota

    Polysoma eumetalla

  • Porphyrosela aglaozona
  • Porphyrosela dismochrysa

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    (updated 31 May 2014, 23 December 2018, 18 December 2019, 8 February 2021)