Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Cameroon (Central Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 426
5796
18192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 426
5796
18192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 408
5715
17984 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 262
4582
15900 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 61
1766
7363 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 61
1765
7362 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 60
1763
7360 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 30
354
746 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 24
263
560 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
28
63 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 28
63 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cameroon
28 Genera with 63 Species
| Adaina Tutt, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agdistis Hübner, 2010 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Amblyptilia Hübner, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antarches Gibeaux, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deuterocopus Zeller, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Exelastis Meyrick, 1913 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Fletcherella Diakonoff, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hellinsia Tutt, 1913 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Inferuncus Gibeaux, 1934 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Marasmarcha Meyrick, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalophipida | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorhipida Amsel, 1912 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorrhipida Amsel, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Picardia Gibeaux, 2022 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1920 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptiliodes Strand, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Procapperia Adamczewski, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pselnophorus Wallengren, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophorus Schäffer, 1851 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenarches Meyrick, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodacma Amsel, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilia Hübner, 2010 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Titanoptilus Hampson, 1969 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Vietteilus Gibeaux, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Walsinghamiella Berg, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cameroon
63 Species | Adaina microdactyla Hübner, 1813 | Hemp Agrimony Plume | | Agdistis clara Arenberger, 1986 | | | Agdistis pseudomeyi Kovtunovich ..., 2015 | | | Agdistis streltzovi Kovtunovich ..., 2010 | | | Amblyptilia direptalis Walker, 1864 | | | Antarches aguessei (Bigot, 1964) | ⇒ Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910 | | | Cosmoclostis schouteni Gielis, 1990 | | | Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907 | | | Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932 | | | Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Fletcherella niphadarcha Meyrick, 1930 | | | Hellinsia ambo Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Hellinsia ekonjo Ustjuzhanin ..., 2025 | | | Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852 | | | Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852) | ⇒ Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852 | | Hellinsia mapanja Ustjuzhanin ..., 2025 | | | Hellinsia victorianus Strand, 1913 | | | Inferuncus strictiformis Meyrick, 1932 | | | Inferuncus toxochorda Meyrick, 1934 | | | Marasmarcha sisyrodes Meyrick, 1921 | | | Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | | Megalorhipida congrualis Fabricius, 1793 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorhipida palaestinensis (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793 | | | Picardia eparches Meyrick, 1931 | | | Picardia tropeki Ustjuzhanin ..., 2022 | | | Platyptilia benitensis (Strand, 1913) | ⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | Platyptilia daemonica Meyrick, 1932 | | | Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | | Platyptilia fletcheri Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016 | | | Platyptilia gondarensis Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 | | | Platyptilia mugesse Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Platyptilia sciophaea Meyrick, 1920 | | | Platyptiliodes albisignatula Strand, 1913 | | | Procapperia insomnis Townsend, 1956 | | | Pselnophorus busoroensis Gielis, 2011 | | | Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852 | | | Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864 | | | Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969 | | | Pterophorus cleronoma Meyrick, 1920 | | | Pterophorus lampra Bigot, 1969 | | | Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907 | | | Pterophorus spissa Bigot, 1969 | | | Pterophorus virgo Strand, 1912 | | | Pterophorus wahlbergi Zeller, 1851 | | | Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864 | Geranium Plume Moth | | Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851) | ⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997 | | Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997 | | | Stenoptilia natalensis Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010 | | | Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875 | Moth | | Titanoptilus bigoti Ustjuzhanin ..., 2025 | | | Titanoptilus murkwe Ustjuzhanin ..., 2025 | | | Titanoptilus procerus Bigot, 1969 | | | Vietteilus borbonica Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Walsinghamiella prolai Gibeaux, 1994 | |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Cameroon
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
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