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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
395
5093
15214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
266
4282
13815
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
62
1798
6870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
62
1797
6869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
61
1796
6868
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
30
388
831
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
316
661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
33
74
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
33
74
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
29
67
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlatyptiliini
Bigot, Gibeauux, Nel & Picard, 1998
11
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Uganda
11 Genera with 25 Species
Amblyptilia Hübner, 1825
0SpeciesTaxom
Bigotilia Gibeaux, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Crocydoscelus Walsingham, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Fletcherella Diakonoff, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Inferuncus Gibeaux, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 193211SpeciesTaxom
Platyptiliodes Strand, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 04SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Uganda
25 Species
Bigotilia melitroctis Meyrick, 1924
Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897
Fletcherella niphadarcha Meyrick, 1930
Inferuncus interpres Meyrick, 1922
Inferuncus strictiformis Meyrick, 1932
Platyptilia benitensis (Strand, 1913)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia fletcheri Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016
Platyptilia gondarensis Gibeaux, 1994
Platyptilia interpres Meyrick, 1922
Platyptilia melitroctis Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia molopias (Meyrick, 1906)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia rhyncholoba Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia sciophaea Meyrick, 1920
Platyptilia stanleyi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016
Platyptilia strictiformis (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Inferuncus strictiformis Meyrick, 1932
Platyptiliodes albisignatula Strand, 1913
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Stenoptilia ionota Meyrick, 1920
Stenoptilia johnistella Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969
Xyroptila oenophanes Meyrick, 1908
Xyroptila ruvenzori Kovtunovich ..., 2006
Xyroptila ruwenzori


Links, sources and further information
Platyptiliini at itis.gov