DEPRESSARIIDAE of Australia
GELECHIOIDEA
The Caterpillars of this family generally live in shelters
made from leaves of their foodplants joined with silk.
The family is often included in OECOPHORIDAE,
but there are clear
physiological differences between the DEPRESSARIIDAE
and the OECOPHORIDAE, so it is here treated separately.
The DEPRESSARIDAE are much commoner in the
northern hemisphere than in the Australia, whereas the OECOPHORIDAE
are much better represented in Australia.
The 72 described Australian species of DEPRESSARIIDAE are:
Barantola panarista
Barantola pulcherrima
Bleptochiton leucotrigona
Cryptolechia anomarcha
Cryptolechia coriaria
Dolerimima hypoxantha
Eclecta aurorella
Ectaga garcia
Enchocrates glaucopis
Enchocrates phaedryntis
Enchocrates picrophylla
Enteremna dolerastis
Enteremna pallida
Euprionocera geminipuncta
Eutorna diaula
Eutorna epicnephes
Eutorna eurygramma
Eutorna generalis
Eutorna intonsa
Eutorna leptographa
Eutorna pabulicola
Eutorna phaulocosma
Eutorna plumbeola
Eutorna spintherias
Eutorna tricasis
Eutorna rubida
Gymnoceros nipholeuca
Gymnoceros pallidula
Haereta cryphimaea
Haereta niphosceles
Heterobathra xiphosema
Lepidozancla zatrephes
Loboptila cyphoma
Loboptila leurodes
Machimia cyphopleura
Machimia dystheata
Mimozela rhoditis
Notosara acosmeta
Notosara nephelotis
Octasphales chorderes
Octasphales eubrocha
Pedois amaurophanes
Pedois anthracias
Pedois argillea
Pedois ceramora
Pedois cosmopoda
Pedois epinephela
Pedois haploceros
Pedois humerana
Pedois lewinella
Pedois lutea
Pedois raphidias
Pedois rhodomita
Pedois sarcinodes
Pedois tripunctella
Peritornenta bacchata
Peritornenta circulatella
Peritornenta lissopis
Peritornenta minans
Peritornenta rhodophanes
Peritornenta stigmatias
Peritornenta thyellia
Psorosticha zizyphi
Scorpiopsis pyrobola
Scorpiopsis rhodoglauca
Thalamarchella alveola
Thalamarchella aneureta
Thalamarchella robinsoni
Thyromorpha stibaropis
Tonica effractella
Tonica species
unplaced paroospila
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