Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Ghana (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 354
3756
9516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 354
3756
9516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 336
3683
9368 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 216
2958
8173 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 49
1354
4084 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 49
1353
4082 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 49
1353
4082 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 20
275
482 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 17
218
376 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
19
33 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 19
33 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ghana
19 Genera with 33 Species | Antarches Gibeaux, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Buckleria Tutt, 1992 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 1990 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crocydoscelus Walsingham, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deuterocopus Zeller, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Exelastis Meyrick, 1970 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Hellinsia Tutt, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Inferuncus Gibeaux, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorhipida Amsel, 1909 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ochyrotica Walsingham, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prichotilus Rose & Pooni, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophorus Schäffer, 1969 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenarches Meyrick, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodacma Amsel, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilia Hübner, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Walsinghamiella Berg, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xyroptila Meyrick, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ghana
33 Species | Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Buckleria girardi Gibeaux, 1992 | | | Cosmoclostis ashanti Arenberger, 1995 | | | Cosmoclostis schouteni Gielis, 1990 | | | Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897 | | | Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907 | | | Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932 | | | Exelastis ebalensis Rebel, 1907 | | | Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911 | | | Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970 | | | Hellinsia aethiopicus Amsel, 1963 | | | Hellinsia ambo Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Inferuncus toxochorda Meyrick, 1934 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909 | | | Ochyrotica africana Bigot, 1969 | | | Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | | Prichotilus yakovlevi Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Pterophorus ashanti Arenberger, 1995 | | | Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864 | | | Pterophorus lampra Bigot, 1969 | | | Pterophorus spissa Bigot, 1969 | | | Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864 | Geranium Plume Moth | | Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851) | ⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997 | | Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838 | Dowdy Plume | | Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875 | Moth | | Walsinghamiella eques Walsingham, 1891 | | | Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969 | | | Xyroptila ruvenzori Kovtunovich ..., 2006 | | | Xyroptila ruwenzoria | |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Ghana
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
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