ETHMIIDAE of Australia
GELECHIOIDEA

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

(updated 11 September 2008)

Here we treat this as a separate family as per Nielsen, Edwards and Rangsi, although others have included it as a subfamily of OECOPHORIDAE. The named Australian species in ETHMIIDAE are:

  • Ethmia anthracopis
    Ethmia clytodoxa
  • Ethmia eupostica
    Ethmia heliomela
  • Ethmia hemadelpha
    Ethmia heptasema
    Ethmia nigroapicella
    Ethmia praeclara
  • Ethmia pseustis
  • Ethmia sphaerosticha
  • Ethmia sporadica
  • Ethmia thoraea
  • Ethmia virilisca

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