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.

Lichenaula is a genus of Australian moth of the family Xyloryctidae.

Xylorycta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. Xylorycta species are found in Africa and Australia and are strongly associated with the plant family Proteaceae, being found on Hakea, Lambertia, Grevillea, Leptospermum, Macadamia, Oreocallis, Persoonia and Telopea. The larvae of some species bore into stems or branches, or the flower spikes of Banksia, but most live in a silk gallery spun in the foliage.

Cryptophasa is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Epichostis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Caenorycta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Eumenodora is a genus of moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was formerly placed in the family Cosmopterigidae.

Comocritis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Anoditica is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Chereuta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Athrypsiastis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1910.

Cladophantis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. Its species occur in Africa.

Compsotorna is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Uzucha is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Pansepta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Idiomictis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Amorbaea is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Thyrocopa is a genus of moths in the family Xyloryctidae endemic to Hawaii. The taxon has approximately forty species, including some flightless species.

Arignota is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Prothamnodes is a genus of moths in the family Xyloryctidae.

Pantelamprus is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Boydia is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Iulactis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Crypsicharis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Thymiatris is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Catoryctis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Psarolitia is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Heterochyta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Niphorycta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Cyanocrates is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Telecrates is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Sphalerostola is a genus of moth in the family Xyloryctidae.

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Eschatura is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

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Mnarolitia is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Zauclophora is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1900.

Phracyps is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae from the Madagascar.

Neospastis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Eporycta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

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Ghuryx is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Plectophila is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Gemorodes is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Metathrinca is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Paralecta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Trypherantis atelogramma is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Trypherantis. Genus and species were described by Edward Meyrick in 1907 and are found in India.

Pseudoprocometis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Linoclostis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Exoditis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae from Madagascar.

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Stachyneura is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.

Exacristis euryopa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Exacristis. The genus and species were both described by Edward Meyrick in 1921 and are found in South Africa.

Anachastis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae from the Seychelles. It contains only one species, Anachastis digitata.

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Glycynympha roseocostella is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Glycynympha. The species was described, as Cryptolechia roseocostella, by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham in 1881 and is found in South Africa. The genus was established by Edward Meyrick in 1925.

Xylodryadella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Xyloryctidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. Its only species, Xylodryadella cryeranthes, was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925 and is found in New Guinea.