![]() | Clothes Moths TINEOIDEA | ![]() | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
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The caterpillars of these species construct and live in portable camouflaged cases, as do the caterpillars of ADELIDAE, HELIOCOSMA GROUP, and PSYCHIDAE.
There are about 188 named Australian species assigned to TINEIDAE including:
Edosa fraudulens
Edosa hypocritica
Edosa idiochroa
Edosa irruptella
Edosa ochracea
Edosa ochranthes
Edosa purella
Edosa tyrannica
Edosa xystidophora
Erechthias acontistes
Erechthias acontotypa
Erechthias citrinopa
Erechthias diaphora
Erechthias epomadia
Erechthias epispora
Erechthias mystacinella
Erechthias simulans
Erechthias zebrina
Lindera tessellatella : Bran Moth
Moerarchis australasiella
Moerarchis clathrata
Moerarchis hypomacra
Moerarchis inconcisella
Moerarchis placomorpha
Moerarchis pyrochroa
Monopis argillacea
Monopis chrysogramma
Monopis crocicapitella : Bird Nest Moth
Monopis ethelella : Dead Sheep's Moth
Monopis icterogastra : Wool Moth
Monopis meliorella
Monopis monacha
Nemapogon granella : European Grain Moth
Niditinea fuscella : Brown-dotted Clothes Moth
Opogona comptella
Opogona glycyphaga : Sugarcane Bud Moth
Opogona omoscopa
Opogona papayae
Opogona protodoxa
Opogona stereodyta
Tinea dicharacta
Tinea monophthalma
Tinea pallescentella : Large Pale Clothes Moth
Tinea pellionella : Case-Making Clothes Moth
Tineola bisselliella : Webbing Clothes Moth
Trichophaga tapetzella : Tapestry Moth
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(updated 3 December 2014, 7 June 2024)