| Timber Moths GELECHIOIDEA | 
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| Timber Moths GELECHIOIDEA |
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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.
Many of the caterpillars of this family bore into timber,
hence their common name: Timber Moths.
A more complete discussion of the larval habits of
XYLORYCTIDAE is given in:
Some common members of the 275 named Australian species in XYLORYCTIDAE are:
Catoryctis eugramma
Catoryctis leucomerata
Catoryctis subparallela
Crypsicharis enthetica
Crypsicharis triplaca
Cryptophasa aglaodes
Cryptophasa albacosta : Small Fruit Tree Borer
Cryptophasa argyrias
Cryptophasa argyrocolla
Cryptophasa balteata
Cryptophasa byssinopis
Cryptophasa catharia
Cryptophasa delocentra
Cryptophasa epadelpha
Cryptophasa flavolineata
Cryptophasa gypsomera
Cryptophasa hyalinopa
Cryptophasa immaculata
Cryptophasa insana
Cryptophasa irrorata
Cryptophasa lasiocosma
Cryptophasa nigricincta
Cryptophasa ochroleuca
Cryptophasa opalina
Cryptophasa panleuca
Cryptophasa phycidoides
Cryptophasa platypedimela
Cryptophasa porphyritis
Cryptophasa pultenae
Cryptophasa rubescens
Cryptophasa russata
Cryptophasa sacerdos
Cryptophasa spilonota
Cryptophasa tecta
Cryptophasa tetrazona
Cryptophasa themerodes
Illidgea aethalodes
Illidgea epigramma
Leistarcha amphigramma
Leistarcha scitissimella
Leistarcha tenuistria
Lichenaula appropinquans
Lichenaula arisema
Lichenaula calligrapha
Lichenaula callispora
Lichenaula choriodes
Lichenaula comparella
Lichenaula drosias
Lichenaula ignota
Lichenaula lambda
Lichenaula laniata
Lichenaula lichenea
Lichenaula lithina
Lichenaula maculosa
Lichenaula melanoleuca
Lichenaula mochlias
Lichenaula musica
Lichenaula onychodes
Lichenaula onychotypa
Lichenaula pelodesma
Lichenaula phloeochroa
Lichenaula tuberculata
Lichenaula undulatella
Maroga leptopasta
Maroga melanostigma
Maroga setiotricha
Pilostibes basivitta
Pilostibes serpta
Pilostibes stigmatias
Plectophila eucrines
Plectophila micradelpha
Plectophila pyrgodes
Plectophila thrasycosma
Scieropepla ceramochroa
Scieropepla polyxesta
Scieropepla reversella
Scieropepla serina
Scieropepla trinervis
Telecrates basileia
Telecrates laetiorella
Telecrates melanochrysa
Thymiatris allocrossa
Thymiatris cephalochra
Uzucha borealis
Uzucha humeralis
Xylorycta apheles
Xylorycta argentella
Xylorycta assimilis
Xylorycta austera
Xylorycta candescens
Xylorycta chrysomela
Xylorycta flavicosta
Xylorycta haplochroa
Xylorycta heliomacula : Mistletoe Stem Borer
Xylorycta luteotactella
Xylorycta melaleucae
Xylorycta ophiogramma
Xylorycta parabolella
Xylorycta stereodesma
Zauclophora pelodes
Zauclophora procellosa
 family |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  family |
(updated 13 December 2014, 4 January 2026)
Araeostoma aenicta
Arignota stercorata
Athrotaxivora tasmanica
Bassarodes siriaca
Bathydoxa euxesta
Bida radiosella
Boydia stenadelpha
Brachybelistis pentachroa
Caenorycta xylomima
Chalarotona intabescens
Clerarcha dryinopa
Compsotorna eccrita
Copidoris dimorpha
Echiomima mythica
Eporycta hiracopis
Eschatura lemurias
Gomphoscopa catoryctopis
Gonioma hospita
Heterochyta aprepta
Hylypnes leptosticta
Hyponomeuta viduata
Iulactis semifusca
Leptobelistis isthmodes
Liparistis monosema
Philarista porphyrinella
Phthonerodes peridela
Plectophila acrochroa
Plectophila discalis
Tymbophora peltastis
Zaphanaula hemileuca