Lepidoptera20 species

Family Timber Moths (Xyloryctidae)

Xyloryctidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 20 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Xyloryctidae (20)

Small Fruit Tree Borer

Cryptophasa albacosta

Cryptophasa albacosta, the small fruit tree borer, is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lewin in 1805. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

Cryptophasa flavolineata

Cryptophasa flavolineata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.

Cryptophasa irrorata

Cryptophasa irrorata is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lewin in 1805. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and South Austr

Cryptophasa pultenae

Cryptophasa pultenae is a moth of the Xyloryctidae family. It is known in Australia from New South Wales and Queensland.

Cryptophasa rubescens

Cryptophasa rubescens is a moth of the Xyloryctidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

Pink-Tipped Yellow Moth

Gymnobathra flavidella

Gymnobathra flavidella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in New Zealand.

Gymnobathra parca

Gymnobathra parca is a moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has been hypothesised that this species likely belongs to another genus.

Gymnobathra sarcoxantha

Gymnobathra sarcoxantha is a moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has been hypothesised that this species likely belongs to another genus.

Gymnobathra tholodella

Gymnobathra tholodella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has been hypothesised that this species likely belongs to another genus.

Izatha convulsella

Izatha convulsella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in the eastern part of the South Island. In the North Island, it has only been recorded from Wellington, Otaki, Palmerston North, Taihape an

Izatha epiphanes

Izatha epiphanes is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread throughout the North Island.

Izatha huttonii

Izatha huttonii is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the South Island, Stewart Island, and the Wellington district of the North Island.

Izatha katadiktya

Izatha katadiktya is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the eastern South Island, and probably Hawkes Bay.

Green lichen tuft moth

Izatha peroneanella

Izatha peroneanella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found throughout the North Island, except the Aupouri Peninsula of Northland.

Lichenaula arisema

Lichenaula arisema is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.

Lichenaula calligrapha

Lichenaula calligrapha is a species of moth of the Xyloryctidae family. It is known from rainforests from northern Queensland to Victoria, although it has also been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Lichenaula onychotypa

Lichenaula onychotypa is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Turner in 1939. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Weste

Fruit Tree Borer

Maroga melanostigma

The fruit tree borer (Maroga melanostigma) is a moth of the Xyloryctidae family. It is native to Australia.

Plectophila discalis

Plectophila discalis is a moth of the Xyloryctidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

Tymbophora peltastis

Tymbophora is a monotypic genus of moth in the Xyloryctidae family. Its sole species is Tymbophora peltastis, which is found in most of Australia.