THYRIDIDAE of Australia
THYRIDOIDEA or PYRALIDOIDEA

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

(updated 25 January 2012)

THYRIDIDAE

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The net-like wing patternings and the characteristic resting posture help differentiate these moths from the superficially similar moths in GEOMETRIDAE.

The 55 named Australian species of THYRIDIDAE include:

  • Abrotesia griphodes

  • Addaea aneranna
  • Addaea fragilis
  • Addaea fulva
    Addaea polyphoralis
  • Addaea pusilla
  • Addaea subtessellata

    Aglaopus carycina

  • Aglaopus centiginosa
  • Aglaopus ferruginea
  • Aglaopus floccosa
  • Aglaopus gemmulosa
  • Aglaopus innotata
  • Aglaopus irias
    Aglaopus loxomita
  • Aglaopus parata
    Aglaopus pyrrhata
    Aglaopus stramentaria

    Banisia fenestrifera
    Banisia lobata
    Banisia myrsusalis : Sapodilla Borer
    Banisia placida

  • Calindoea atripunctalis
  • Calindoea dorilusalis
    Calindoea polygraphalis

    Canaea hyalospila

  • Canaea semitessellalis

  • Collinsa cuprea
  • Collinsa submicans

  • Hypolamprus bastialis
  • Hypolamprus crossosticha
  • Hypolamprus hypostilpna
  • Hypolamprus melilialis
  • Hypolamprus reticulata
  • Hypolamprus sciodes
  • Hypolamprus semiusta
  • Hypolamprus ypsilon

  • Kanshizeia hemicycla

    Mathoris loceusalis

    Mellea ordinaria

  • Microbelia giulia

  • Novobelura dohertyi
  • Novobelura stenosoma

    Oxycophina theorina

    Pharambara micacealis

  • Pharambara splendida

  • Picrostomastis marginepunctalis
  • Picrostomastis subrosealis

  • Rhodoneura aurata

  • Striglina asinia
  • Striglina buergersi
    Striglina cinnamonea
  • Striglina meridiana
  • Striglina navigatorum
  • Striglina scitaria

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