COLEOPHORIDAE of Australia
(one synonym: EUPISTIDAE)
GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 22 July 2010)

The genera listed in BLASTOBASIDAE are sometimes placed here in COLEOPHORIDAE, but following the "Checklist", we list them as a separate family.

The 6 named Australian species in COLEOPHORIDAE are:

  • Corythangela galeata

  • Coleophora alcyonipennella
  • Coleophora crypsineura
  • Coleophora seminalis
  • Coleophora serinipennella
  • Coleophora tremefacta

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