Belongs within: Gelechioidea.
The Oecophorinae are a group of moths in which Rs and M1 of the hind wing are nearly parallel, the abdominal terga are densely spinose, and the male usually has a beak-like gnathos (Nielsen & Common 1991).
<==Oecophorinae NC91
|--Garrha carnea NC91
|--Thema chlorochyta NC91
|--Chrysonoma fascialis NC91
|--Hippomacha callista NC91
|--Aristeis hepialella NC91
|--Heliocausta hemiteles NC91
|--Hofmannophila pseudospretella NC91
|--Endrosis sarcitrella NC91
|--Oecophora Latreille 1802 L02
| |--*O. sulphurella [=Tinea sulphurella] L02
| `--O. linneella G20
|--Philobota NC91
| |--P. disjunctella P27
| |--P. productella NC91
| `--P. xiphostola P27
|--Wingia NC91
| |--W. aurata ZS10
| |--W. lambertella P27
| `--W. rectiorella NC91
`--Barea NC91
|--B. ambigua L27
|--B. confusella L27
|--B. consignatella NC91
`--B. leucocephala P27
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.
[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.
[L27] Lindsay, S. 1927. A list of the Lepidoptera of Deans Bush, Riccarton, Canterbury. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 693–696.
[NC91] Nielsen, E. S., & I. F. B. Common. 1991. Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 817–915. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).
[P27] Philpott, A. 1927. The maxillae in the Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 721–746.
[ZS10] Zborowski, P., & R. Storey. 2010. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia 3rd ed. Reed New Holland: Sydney.
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