Checklist for Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 283
1672
2201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 275
1655
2186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1494
2029 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 52
382
545 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 52
381
543 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 50
373
525 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 26
153
204 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 21
146
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
8
12 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 8
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Town
8 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Cape Town
12 Species | Agdistis (Tamaristis) tamaricis Zeller, 1847 | Tamarisk Plume | | Agdistis capensis Kovtunovich ..., 2010 | | | Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864 | | | Amblyptilia cosmodactyla Hübner, 1819 | | | Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885 | Pigeon pea leaf webber | | Gypsochares astragalotes Meyrick, 1909 | | | Gypsochares catharotes Meyrick, 1908 | | | Hellinsia tripunctata | | | Megalorhipida festus Meyrick, 1920 | | | Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | | Platyptilia periacta (Zeller., 1867) | ⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926) | ⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908 |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Cape Town
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
Links, sources and further information Pterophoridae at plumemoth.com
Pterophoridae at artfakta.se
Pterophoridae at dyntaxa.se
Pterophoridae at gbif.org
Pterophoridae at irmng.org
Pterophoridae at itis.gov
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