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Checklist for Tribe Oxyptilini Bigot , Gibeaux , Nel & Packard, 1998
and region Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
257
1635
3299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
256
1633
3296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
244
1595
3225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
162
1360
2888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
37
543
1063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
37
543
1063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
37
543
1063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
17
164
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
15
158
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
12
26
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
12
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
11
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeOxyptilini
Bigot , Gibeaux , Nel & Packard, 1998
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Comoro Islands
2 Genera with 4 Species
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comoro Islands
4 Species
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida palaestinensis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida prolai Gibeaux, 1994
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997