List of moths of Australia (Tineidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the Family
Tineidae
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
The following species belongs to the subfamily Erechthiinae, but has not been assigned to a genus yet. Given here is the original name given to the species when it was first described:
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Tineidae
Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in over 300 genera. Most of the tineid moths are small or medium-sized, with wings held roofwise over the body at rest...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Dryadaulinae
- Dryadaula anthracorma Meyrick, 1915
- Dryadaula brontoctypa (Meyrick, 1880)
- Dryadaula epixantha (Turner, 1923)
- Dryadaula glycinopa Meyrick, 1893
- Dryadaula melanorma (Meyrick, 1893)
- Dryadaula mesosticha (Turner, 1923)
- Dryadaula napaea Meyrick, 1905
- Dryadaula placens (Meyrick, 1920)
- Dryadaula selenophanes (Meyrick, 1880)
Erechthiinae
- Comodica cirrhopolia (Turner, 1923)
- Comodica crypsicroca Turner, 1923
- Comodica drepanosema Turner, 1923
- Comodica tetracercella Meyrick, 1880
- Comodica tigrina Turner, 1917
- Erechthias acontistes Meyrick, 1880
- Erechthias elaeorrhoa Meyrick, 1880
- Erechthias eurynipha (Turner, 1923)
- Erechthias acontotypa Turner, 1926
- Erechthias aellophora Meyrick, 1880
- Erechthias articulosa Meyrick, 1921
- Erechthias trigonosema (Turner, 1923)
- Erechthias beeblebroxi Robinson & Nielsen, 1993
- Erechthias cyanosticta (Lower, 1916)
- Erechthias orchestris (Turner, 1932)
- Erechthias photophanes (Meyrick, 1917)
- Erechthias deloneura (Turner, 1923)
- Erechthias diacrita (Turner, 1923)
- Erechthias diaphoraErechthias diaphoraErechthias diaphora is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is known from Australia, including New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.Adults dark brown forewings with pale bands along the margins....
(Meyrick, 1893) - Erechthias erebocosma (Meyrick, 1893)
- Erechthias iseres (Turner, 1917)
- Erechthias epomadia (Turner, 1923)
- Erechthias acroleuca Turner, 1923
- Erechthias citrinopa (Lower, 1905)
- Erechthias epispora (Lower, 1905)
- Erechthias iuloptera (Meyrick, 1880)
- Erechthias minusculaErechthias minusculaThe Erechthias Clothes Moth is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is widespread and has been recorded from Africa, Sri Lanka, Java, Australia, the Caroline Islands, Fiji, Samoa, the Marquesas, the West Indies, Hawaii and Florida....
(Walsingham, 1897) - Erechthias mystacinellaErechthias mystacinellaThe Curve-winged Apple Moth is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria.The wingspan is about 14 mm....
(Walker, 1864) - Erechthias niphadopla Meyrick, 1880
- Erechthias oxytona (Meyrick, 1893)
- Erechthias celetica Turner, 1923
- Erechthias polionota Turner, 1923
- Erechthias polyplecta Turner, 1923
- Erechthias centroscia (Turner, 1933)
- Erechthias scythromorpha (Turner, 1926)
- Erechthias sinapifera (Turner, 1926)
- Erechthias simulansErechthias simulansErechthias simulans is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is known from Australia, the Solomons, Fiji, Hawaii, Samoa, Ellice, the Society Islands, the Marquesas Islands, eastern Africa....
(Butler, 1882) - Erechthias ancistrosema Turner, 1939
- Erechthias niphoplaca (Turner, 1923)
- Erechthias oxymacha (Meyrick, 1893)
- Erechthias phileris (Meyrick, 1893)
- Erechthias symmacha (Meyrick, 1893)
- Erechthias zebrinaErechthias zebrinaErechthias zebrina is a moth of the Tineidae family. It was first described from Hawaii, but is a widespread species reported from Africa, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, China, Java, Borneo, Fiji, Samoa, Society Islands, South America and the West Indies.The larvae have been...
(Butler, 1881) - Tinea dicharacta Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea leptocirrha Turner, 1926
- Tinea muricata Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea peristilpna Turner, 1926
- Tinea pherauges Turner, 1923
- Tinea sulfurata Turner, 1933
The following species belongs to the subfamily Erechthiinae, but has not been assigned to a genus yet. Given here is the original name given to the species when it was first described:
- Comodica dochmogramma Lower, 1916
- Erechthias euthydroma Meyrick, 1921
- Decadarchis hyperacma Meyrick, 1915
- Ereunetis streptogramma Lower, 1905
Hapsiferinae
- Parochmastis dromaea (Turner, 1926)
- Parochmastis styracodes Meyrick, 1917
- Tiquadra atomarcha (Meyrick, 1917)
- Trachycentra rhynchitis Meyrick, 1938
Hieroxestinae
- Amphixystis antiloga (Meyrick, 1915)
- Amphixystis hypolampes (Turner, 1923)
- Asymplecta aplectodes (Turner, 1923)
- Opogona asema (Turner, 1900)
- Opogona basilissa (Turner, 1917)
- Opogona calculata Meyrick, 1919
- Opogona caryospila Meyrick, 1920
- Opogona cataclasta Meyrick, 1915
- Opogona chrysophanes Meyrick, 1915
- Opogona citrolopha Meyrick, 1932
- Opogona cleonyma (Meyrick, 1897)
- Opogona comptellaOpogona comptellaOpogona comptella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found from southern Queensland to Tasmania as well as in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 15 mm...
(Walker, 1864) - Opogona confinis Turner, 1926
- Opogona conjurata (Meyrick, 1920)
- Opogona crypsipyra Turner, 1923
- Opogona fascigera Meyrick, 1915
- Opogona fatima Meyrick, 1921
- Opogona glycyphaga Meyrick, 1915
- Opogona micranthes (Meyrick, 1897)
- Opogona nebularis (Meyrick, 1897)
- Opogona omoscopaOpogona omoscopaOpogona omoscopa is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in western Australia. It is an introduced species in the United Kingdom.The wingspan is about 15 mm....
(Meyrick, 1893) - Opogona orthotis (Meyrick, 1897)
- Opogona papayae Turner, 1923
- Opogona promalacta Meyrick, 1915
- Opogona protodoxa (Meyrick, 1897)
- Opogona sarophila Meyrick, 1915
- Opogona scalena (Meyrick, 1897)
- Opogona stenocraspeda (Meyrick, 1897)
- Opogona stereodytaOpogona stereodytaOpogona stereodyta is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in southern Australia.-External links:*...
(Meyrick, 1897) - Opogona tetrasema (Turner, 1917)
- Opogona tristicta (Meyrick, 1897)
- Phaeoses caenologa (Meyrick, 1915)
- Phaeoses flabilis (Turner, 1923)
- Phaeoses leucoprosopa (Turner, 1923)
Meessiinae
- Eudarcia anaglypta (Meyrick, 1893)
- Eudarcia isoploca (Meyrick, 1919)
- Oenoe eupasta (Turner, 1933)
- Oenoe hemiphara (Meyrick, 1893)
- Oenoe ocymorpha (Meyrick, 1893)
- Tenaga nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828)
- Xeringinia altilis (Meyrick, 1893)
Myrmecozelinae
- Analytarcha colleta (Meyrick, 1893)
- Analytarcha cyathodes Meyrick, 1921
- Analytarcha ochroxantha (Turner, 1900)
- Analytarcha trissoleuca (Turner, 1926)
- Ectropoceros ecdela (Turner, 1926)
- Ectropoceros optabilis (Meyrick, 1916)
- Ectropoceros ostrina (Meyrick, 1916)
- Ectropoceros pterocosma (Meyrick, 1916)
- Gerontha acrosthenia Zagulyajev, 1972
- Harmaclona entripta (Meyrick, 1917)
- Mesopherna palustris Meyrick, 1893
- Metapherna amaurodes (Meyrick, 1893)
- Metapherna castella (Walker, 1863)
- Metapherna isomacra (Meyrick, 1893)
- Metapherna salsa (Meyrick, 1920)
- Mimoscopa ochetaula Meyrick, 1893
- Moerarchis australasiella (Donovan, 1805)
- Moerarchis clathrata (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Moerarchis hypomacra (Turner, 1923)
- Moerarchis inconcisellaMoerarchis inconcisellaMoerarchis inconcisella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in eastern Australia.The wingspan is about 20 mm. The larvae feed on the bark or wood of the rotting logs they live in....
(Walker, 1863) - Moerarchis lapidea Turner, 1927
- Moerarchis placomorpha Meyrick, 1922
- Moerarchis pyrochroa (Meyrick, 1893)
- Sarocrania ischnophylla Turner, 1923
- Timaea bivittatella Walker, 1863
Nemapogoninae
- Nemapogon granellaNemapogon granellaThe European Grain Moth is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family , and therein to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. It is the type species of its genus Nemapogon, and via that also of the subfamily Nemapogoninae. It is also the type species of the proposed genera Brosis The...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Vanna bisepta (Meyrick, 1893)
Perissomasticinae
- Edosa abathra (Meyrick, 1920)
- Edosa balanosema (Meyrick, 1893)
- Edosa fraudulensEdosa fraudulensEdosa fraudulens is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in Australia....
(Rosenstock, 1885) - Edosa haplodora (Meyrick, 1917)
- Edosa hemisema (Lower, 1903)
- Edosa hypocritica (Meyrick, 1893)
- Edosa idiochroa (Lower, 1918)
- Edosa irruptella (Walker, 1864)
- Edosa meliphanes (Meyrick, 1893)
- Edosa ochracea (Meyrick, 1893)
- Edosa ochranthes (Meyrick, 1893)
- Edosa porphyrophaes (Turner, 1917)
- Edosa purella (Walker, 1863)
- Edosa talantias (Meyrick, 1893)
- Edosa tyrannica (Meyrick, 1893)
- Edosa xystidophora (Meyrick, 1893)
Scardiinae
- Morophaga clonodesMorophaga clonodesMorophaga clonodes is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in eastern Australia, from Cape York to Sydney.Adults have a speckled pattern of light and dark greyish-brown on the forewings, and plain brown hindwings....
(Meyrick, 1893) - Tinissa cinerascensTinissa cinerascensTinissa cinerascens is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in New Guinea and surrounding islands and from the coasts of Queensland.The larvae probably feed on fungi growing on trees in forests.-External links:**...
Meyrick, 1910 - Tinissa rigidaTinissa rigidaTinissa rigida is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found from Kai Island to New Guinea and has also been recorded from Kuranda in Queensland.The larvae probably feed on fungi growing on trees in forests.-External links:**...
Meyrick, 1910
Setomorphinae
- Lindera tessellatellaLindera tessellatellaLindera tessellatella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is a widely distributed species, which was first described from South America, but has been recorded from Africa, Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii....
Blanchard, 1852 - Setomorpha rutellaSetomorpha rutellaThe Tropical Tobacco Moth is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is a widely spread species that has been distributed by commerce over much of the warmer parts of Africa, Eurasia, Malaysia, Australia, many Pacific islands and North America and South America.The wingspan is 9-22 mm...
Zeller, 1852
Tineinae
- Acridotarsa celsella (Walker, 1863)
- Acridotarsa conglomerata (Meyrick, 1922)
- Acridotarsa mylitis Meyrick, 1893
- Craniosara pyrotricha (Meyrick, 1893)
- Crypsithyris illaetabilis Turner, 1926
- Crypsithyrodes concolorellaCrypsithyrodes concolorellaCrypsithyrodes concolorella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It has been recorded from Australia, French Polynesia, the Seychelles, Fiji, Hawaii, Java, Rennell Island, the Caroline Islands and Malaya....
(Walker, 1863) - Hippiochaetes chrysaspis Meyrick, 1880
- Monopis argillacea (Meyrick, 1893)
- Monopis chrysogramma (Lower, 1899)
- Monopis cirrhospila Turner, 1923
- Monopis crocicapitellaMonopis crocicapitellaMonopis crocicapitella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. It was first described from the eastern United States....
(Clemens, 1859) - Monopis ethelella (Newman, 1856)
- Monopis icterogastraMonopis icterogastraThe Wool Moth is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in most of Australia.It is thought that the moths of this species lay live young caterpillars rather than eggs....
(Zeller, 1852) - Monopis meliorellaMonopis meliorellaThe Blotched Monopis Moth is a moth of the Tineidae family. It has been recorded from Australia , New Zealand and Hawaii.The larvae probably feed on animal fibre or refuse of plant origin.-External links:...
(Walker, 1863) - Monopis monacha Zagulajev, 1972
- Monopis ochroptila Turner, 1923
- Monopis pentadisca Meyrick, 1924
- Monopis stichomela (Lower, 1900)
- Monopis trigonoleuca Turner, 1917
- Niditinea fuscellaNiditinea fuscellaThe Brown-dotted Clothes Moth is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family , and therein to the nominate subfamily Tineinae. It is the type species of its genus Niditinea.It is widespread and common in much of western Eurasia The Brown-dotted Clothes Moth (Niditinea...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Phereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973
- Praeacedes atomosellaPraeacedes atomosellaPraeacedes atomosella is a moth of the Tineidae family and only species in the Praeacedes genus. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Europe , Australia, Hawaii, South America and North America...
(Walker, 1863) - Thomintarra primaeva (Meyrick, 1893)
- Tinea chaotica Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea columbariella Wocke, 1877
- Tinea corynephora Turner, 1927
- Tinea drymonoma Turner, 1923
- Tinea dubiella Stainton, 1859
- Tinea flavescentella Haworth, 1828
- Tinea melanoptycha (Turner, 1939)
- Tinea murariella Staudinger, 1859
- Tinea pallescentella Stainton, 1851
- Tinea pellionellaTinea pellionellaThe Case-bearing Clothes Moth is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family , and therein to the nominate subfamily Tineinae...
Linnaeus, 1758 - Tinea porphyrota Meyrick, 1893
- Tinea translucens Meyrick, 1917
- Tinea tridectis Meyrick, 1893
- Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823)
- Trichophaga tapetzellaTrichophaga tapetzellaThe Tapestry Moth or Carpet Moth is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found worldwide.The wingspan is 14–18 mm...
(Linnaeus, 1758)