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Timber Moths
Xyloryctidae
Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths.
The first recorded instance of a common name for these moths comes from Swainson's On the History and Natural Arrangement of Insects, 1840, where members of the genus Cryptophasa are described as hermit moths. This is an allusion to the caterpillar's habit of living alone in a purely residential burrow in a tree branch, to which it drags leaves at night, attaching them with silk to the entrance to the burrow and consuming the leaves as they dry out.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Lichen Tuft Moths
genusIzatha
Cryptophasa
genusCryptophasa
Gymnobathra
genusGymnobathra
Lichenaula
genusLichenaula
Xyloryctinae
subfamilyXyloryctinae
Plectophila
genusPlectophila
Maroga
genusMaroga
Scieropepla
genusScieropepla
Tymbophora
genusTymbophora
Thymiatris
genusThymiatris
Pilostibes
genusPilostibes
Hierodoris
genusHierodoris
Illidgea
genusIllidgea
Catoryctis
genusCatoryctis
Arignota
genusArignota
Echiomima
genusEchiomima
Telecrates
genusTelecrates
Metathrinca
genusMetathrinca
Epichostis
genusEpichostis
Iulactis
genusIulactis
Neospastis
genusNeospastis
Brachybelistis
genusBrachybelistis
Topiris
genusTopiris
Zaphanaula
genusZaphanaula
Compsotorna
genusCompsotorna
Thamnosara
genusThamnosara
Hylypnes
genusHylypnes
Aetherastis
genusAetherastis
Phthonerodes
genusPhthonerodes
Eschatura
genusEschatura
Uzucha
genusUzucha
Crypsicharis
genusCrypsicharis
Philarista
genusPhilarista
Ptochoryctis
genusPtochoryctis
Comocritis
genusComocritis
Clerarcha
genusClerarcha
Lathicrossa
genusLathicrossa
Heterochyta
genusHeterochyta
Zauclophora
genusZauclophora
Thysiarcha
genusThysiarcha
Xylomimetes
genusXylomimetes
Paralecta
genusParalecta
Stachyneura
genusStachyneura
Sphalerostola
genusSphalerostola
Gonioma
genusGonioma
Copidoris
genusCopidoris
Leptobelistis
genusLeptobelistis
Gomphoscopa
genusGomphoscopa
Xerocrates
genusXerocrates
Lophobela
genusLophobela
Xylodryadella
genusXylodryadella
Eporycta
genusEporycta
Glycynympha
genusGlycynympha
Perixestis
genusPerixestis
Eupetochira
genusEupetochira
Tinearupa
genusTinearupa
Belovalva
genusBelovalva
Exacristis
genusExacristis
Gemorodes
genusGemorodes
Cladophantis
genusCladophantis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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