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Checklist of Tribe Platyptiliini Bigot, Gibeauux, Nel & Picard, 1998
for Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
625
10622
39131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
622
10614
39115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
597
10460
38704
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
380
8357
33786
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
76
2593
10026
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
75
2592
10025
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
73
2589
10022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
38
825
2761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
31
753
2591
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
41
138
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
41
138
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
37
132
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlatyptiliini
Bigot, Gibeauux, Nel & Picard, 1998
13
49
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
13 Genera with 49 Species
Amblyptilia Hübner, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Bigotilia Gibeaux, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Cnaemidophorus Wallengren, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Inferuncus Gibeaux, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Leesi Gibeaux, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 199419SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18648SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Vietteilus Gibeaux, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 20061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
49 Species
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Hübner, 1813Beautiful Plume
Amblyptilia incerta Gibeaux, 1994
Amblyptilia viettei Gibeaux, 1994
Bigotilia centralis Bigot, 1964
Bigotilia montana Gibeaux, 1994
Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Bipunctiphorus etiennei (Fletcher, 1910)⇒ Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Cnaemidophorus horribilis Gibeaux, 1996
Inferuncus nigreus Gibeaux, 1994
Lantanophaga hemimetra (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Lantanophaga pusillodactyla Walker, 1864
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Walker, 1864Lantana Plume Moth
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Leesi masoala Gibeaux, 1996
Platyptilia amphiloga (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Platyptilia ardua McDunnough, 1927
Platyptilia bullifera (Meyrick, 1918)⇒ Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918
Platyptilia censoria Meyrick, 1910
Platyptilia claripicta (Zeller., 1867)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia comorensis Gibeaux, 1994
Platyptilia dimorpha (Fletcher, 1910)⇒ Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Platyptilia dschambiya Arenberger, 1999
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia fulva Bigot, 1964
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Platyptilia grisea Gibeaux, 1994
Platyptilia molopias (Meyrick, 1906)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia pauliani Gibeaux, 1994
Platyptilia peyrierasi Gibeaux, 1994
Platyptilia pseudofulva Gibeaux, 1994
Platyptilia sogai Gibeaux, 1994
Platyptilia vinsoni Gibeaux, 1994
Platyptilia violacea Gibeaux, 1994
Sphenarches anisodactyla Walker, 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches bilineatus Yano, 1963
Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852Bottle Gourd Plume Moth
Sphenarches cafferoides Gibeaux, 1996
Sphenarches chroesus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Sphenarches anisodactyla Walker, 1864
Sphenarches synophrys (Walker, 1864)⇒ Sphenarches anisodactyla Walker, 1864
Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994
Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia viettei Gibeaux, 1994
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes legrandi (Bigot, 1962)⇒ Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Vietteilus borbonica Felder & Rog..., 1875
Vietteilus borbonicus Viette, 1957
Vietteilus stenoptilioides Gibeaux, 1994
Xyroptila irina Kovtunovich ..., 2006


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