Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 256
1629
3292 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 255
1627
3289 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 243
1589
3218 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 161
1355
2882 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 37
543
1063 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 37
543
1063 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 37
543
1063 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 17
164
260 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 15
158
254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
12
26 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 12
26 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Comoro Islands
12 Genera with 26 Species | Antarches Gibeaux, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Exelastis Meyrick, 1994 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorhipida Amsel, 1994 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ochyrotica Walsingham, 1987 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophorus Schäffer, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenarches Meyrick, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodacma Amsel, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilia Hübner, 1997 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Titanoptilus Hampson, 1911 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Walsinghamiella Berg, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Comoro Islands
26 Species | Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Exelastis bergeri (Bigot, 1969) | ⇒ Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932 | | Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932 | | | Exelastis luqueti Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911 | | | Exelastis robinsoni Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Exelastis viettei Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorhipida palaestinensis (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorhipida prolai Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Ochyrotica moheliensis Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Ochyrotica rufa Arenberger, 1987 | | | Platyptilia comorensis Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969 | | | 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 | | | Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875 | Moth | | Titanoptilus laniger (Bigot, 1969) | ⇒ Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911 | | Titanoptilus melanodonta Hampson, 1905 | | | Titanoptilus procerus Bigot, 1969 | | | Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911 | | | Walsinghamiella prolai Gibeaux, 1994 | |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Comoro Islands
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
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