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Checklist for Tribe Platyptiliini Bigot, Gibeauux, Nel & Picard, 1998
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
49
1354
4084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
20
275
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
17
218
376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
19
33
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
19
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
17
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlatyptiliini
Bigot, Gibeauux, Nel & Picard, 1998
7
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
7 Genera with 9 Species
Crocydoscelus Walsingham, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Inferuncus Gibeaux, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 03SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
9 Species
Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897
Inferuncus toxochorda Meyrick, 1934
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969
Xyroptila ruvenzori Kovtunovich ..., 2006
Xyroptila ruwenzoria


Links, sources and further information
Platyptiliini at itis.gov