HYPERTROPHIDAE of Australia
Twig Moths
GELECHIOIDEA

HYPERTROPHIDAE caterpillar pictures

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Stella Crossley (updated 28 January 2012)

HYPERTROPHIDAE moth pictures

The Caterpillars of this family all make an extraordinary naked pupa, that stands on end like a twig.

Pupa of Hypertropha tortriciformis.

The members of the family have often been assigned to other families, including OECOPHORIDAE, but here we treat them separately. They only occur in Australasia, and most feed on the foliage of various species of Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus, MYRTACEAE ).

The 49 named Australian members of HYPERTROPHIDAE are:

Eupselia anommata
Eupselia aristonica

Eupselia axiepaena
Eupselia beatella
Eupselia beltera

Eupselia callidyas
Eupselia carpocapsella
Eupselia holoxantha

Eupselia philomorpha
Eupselia satrapella

Eupselia theorella
Eupselia tristephana

Hypertropha chlaenota

Hypertropha thesaurella
Hypertropha torticiformis

Thudaca circumdatella
Thudaca crypsidesma

Thudaca heterastis
Thudaca mimodora