List of moths of Australia (Lyonetiidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the Family
Lyonetiidae
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Lyonetiidae
Lyonetiidae
Lyonetiidae is a family of moths. These are small, slender moths, the wingspan rarely exceeding 1 cm. The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed apices noticeably up- or down-turned. The larvae are leaf miners.The families Bucculatricidae...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Bedelliinae
- Bedellia somnulentellaBedellia somnulentellaThe Sweet Potato Leaf Miner is a moth in the Bedelliidae family. It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution and has been recorded from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, southern Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Uzbekistan, nearly all of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Japan, North America, Australia, New...
(Zeller, 1847) - Bedellia yasumatsuiBedellia yasumatsuiBedellia yasumatsui is a moth in the Bedelliidae family. It is known from Australia and Papua New Guinea.The larvae have been recorded on Ipomoea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Kuroko, 1972
Cemiostominae
- Crobylophora chrysidiella Meyrick, 1880
- Crobylophora daricellaCrobylophora daricellaCrobylophora daricella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It has been recorded from South Africa and Australia.The larvae feed on Plumbago auriculata....
Meyrick, 1880 - Crobylophora psammosticta Turner, 1923
- Leucoptera acromelasLeucoptera acromelasLeucoptera acromelas is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Turner, 1923) - Leucoptera arethusaLeucoptera arethusaLeucoptera arethusa is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1915 - Leucoptera argodesLeucoptera argodesLeucoptera argodes is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera argyropteraLeucoptera argyropteraLeucoptera argyroptera is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera asbolopastaLeucoptera asbolopastaLeucoptera asbolopasta is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera chalcopleuraLeucoptera chalcopleuraLeucoptera chalcopleura is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera chalocyclaLeucoptera chalocyclaLeucoptera chalocycla is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Meyrick, 1882) - Leucoptera deltidiasLeucoptera deltidiasLeucoptera deltidias is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1906 - Leucoptera diastichaLeucoptera diastichaLeucoptera diasticha is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera euryphaeaLeucoptera euryphaeaLeucoptera euryphaea is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1926 - Leucoptera hemizonaLeucoptera hemizonaLeucoptera hemizona is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1906 - Leucoptera iolithaLeucoptera iolithaLeucoptera iolitha is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera melanolithaLeucoptera melanolithaLeucoptera melanolitha is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera periphractaLeucoptera periphractaLeucoptera periphracta is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1915 - Leucoptera phaeopastaLeucoptera phaeopastaLeucoptera phaeopasta is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia and was described from Queensland.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
(Turner, 1923) - Leucoptera plagiomitraLeucoptera plagiomitraLeucoptera plagiomitra is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:**...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera sortitaLeucoptera sortitaLeucoptera sortita is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1915 - Leucoptera spartifoliellaLeucoptera spartifoliellaLeucoptera spartifoliella is a species of moth in family Lyonetiidae known by the common name Scotch broom twig miner. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed known as Scotch broom ....
(Hübner, 1813) - Leucoptera strophidotaLeucoptera strophidotaLeucoptera strophidota is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Leucoptera toxeresLeucoptera toxeresLeucoptera toxeres is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Nematobola candescens Meyrick, 1893
Lyonetiinae
- Arctocoma ursinella Meyrick, 1880
- Atalopsycha atyphella Meyrick, 1880
- Cateristis centrospila (Turner, 1923)
- Cateristis triradiata Turner, 1926
- Dascia sagittifera Meyrick, 1893
- Diplothectis chionochalca Meyrick, 1893
- Hierocrobyla lophocera Turner, 1923
- Hierocrobyla sporodectis Meyrick, 1915
- Leioprora ascepta Turner, 1900
- Lyonetia embolotypaLyonetia embolotypaLyonetia embolotypa is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Lyonetia lechriosciaLyonetia lechriosciaLyonetia lechrioscia is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1926 - Lyonetia penthesileaLyonetia penthesileaLyonetia penthesilea is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1921 - Lyonetia photinaLyonetia photinaLyonetia photina is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Australia.They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Turner, 1923 - Lyonetia scriptiferaLyonetia scriptiferaLyonetia scriptifera is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known to live in Australia.As with many other species of this family, they probably mine the leaves of their host plant in the larval stage.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1921 - Stegommata hesperias Meyrick, 1893
- Stegommata leptomitella Meyrick, 1880
- Stegommata sulfuratella Meyrick, 1880