List of moths of Australia (Nepticulidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the Family
Nepticulidae
. 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...
Nepticulidae
Nepticulidae
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes . These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Pectinivalvinae
- Pectinivalva anazonaPectinivalva anazonaPectinivalva anazona is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is about 4 mm for females....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva caenodoraPectinivalva caenodoraPectinivalva caenodora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is about 6.4 mm for males and 5.8-6.5 mm for females....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva chalcitisPectinivalva chalcitisPectinivalva chalcitis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-western coast of Western Australia.The wingspan is about 5.5 mm for females....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva commoniPectinivalva commoniPectinivalva commoni is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-western coast of Western Australia.The wingspan is about 5.3 mm for males and 5.3-5.6 mm for females....
Scoble, 1983 - Pectinivalva endocapnaPectinivalva endocapnaPectinivalva endocapna is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-western coast of Western Australia.The wingspan is 4.7-5.7 mm for males and about 5.5 mm for females....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva funeralisPectinivalva funeralisPectinivalva funeralis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is 5-5.2 mm for males....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva gilvaPectinivalva gilvaPectinivalva gilva is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is about 5.7 mm for females....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva liberaPectinivalva liberaPectinivalva libera is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is about 5 mm for males....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva melanotisPectinivalva melanotisPectinivalva melanotis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is 5-6.6 for males....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva planetisPectinivalva planetisPectinivalva planetis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is about 5.5 mm for females....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva primigenaPectinivalva primigenaPectinivalva primigena is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales, Australia.The wingspan is about 4.3 mm for females....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva trepidaPectinivalva trepidaPectinivalva trepida is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of Victoria.The wingspan is 4.4-4.8 mm for males....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Pectinivalva warburtonensisPectinivalva warburtonensisPectinivalva warburtonensis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found on the Warburton Ranges in Western Australia.The wingspan is about 5.5 mm for males and females....
(Wilson, 1939) - Roscidotoga callicomaeRoscidotoga callicomaeRoscidotoga callicomae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The larvae feed on Callicoma serratifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Hoare, 2000 - Roscidotoga eucryphiaeRoscidotoga eucryphiaeRoscidotoga eucryphiae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Tasmania.The larvae feed on Eucryphia lucida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Hoare, 2000 - Roscidotoga sapphiripesRoscidotoga sapphiripesRoscidotoga sapphiripes is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland.The larvae feed on Elaeocarpus obovatus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Hoare, 2000
Nepticulinae
- Ectoedemia hadronychaEctoedemia hadronychaEctoedemia hadronycha is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland.The larvae feed on Capparis arborea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Hoare, 2000 - Ectoedemia pelopsEctoedemia pelopsEctoedemia pelops is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found near the Murray-Darling basin in New South Wales.The larvae possibly feed on Capparis mitchellii. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Hoare, 2000 - Ectoedemia squamibundaEctoedemia squamibundaEctoedemia squamibunda is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland.The larvae feed on Capparis arborea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.-External links:*...
Hoare, 2000 - Stigmella leucargyraStigmella leucargyraStigmella leucargyra is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is about 3.7 mm for males and 4-4.2 mm for females....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Stigmella phyllanthinaStigmella phyllanthinaStigmella phyllanthina is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is 3.8-4.6 mm for males....
(Meyrick, 1906) - Stigmella symmoraStigmella symmoraStigmella symmora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from the southern Gulf coast of South Australia.The wingspan is 5.2-5.7 mm for males and 5–6 mm for females....
(Meyrick, 1906)