Species list, Checklist of Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths) for French Polynesia (Polynesia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	229 1116 2483	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	228 1114 2480	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	221 1094 2447	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	142 847 2078	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	40 328 772	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	40 328 772	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	40 328 772	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Tineina Stainton, 1857	20 148 411	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Tineina Stainton, 1857	19 146 407	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 Plume Moths	1 4 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths	4 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for French Polynesia
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for French Polynesia
5 Species

Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)	⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Stangeia distantia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
Stangeia rapae J.F.G. Clarke, 1971

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in French Polynesia

Subfamily

4
5

Genera
Species

Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)

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