Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1975
3826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1972
3822 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1944
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
1390
2777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 38
401
733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 38
401
733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 37
399
728 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 14
67
100 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 11
62
94 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
10
18 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 10
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesotho
10 Genera with 18 Species | Adaina Tutt, 1913 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Agdistis Hübner, 1864 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hellinsia Tutt, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Marasmarcha Meyrick, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorhipida Amsel, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Merrifieldia Tutt, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 2011 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophorus Schäffer, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilia Hübner, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Lesotho
18 Species | Adaina gentilis Meyrick, 1911 | | | Adaina periarga Meyrick, 1913 | | | Agdistis arenbergeri Gielis, 1986 | | | Agdistis danutae Kovtunovich ..., 2009 | | | Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909 | | | Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864 | | | Hellinsia acuminatus Meyrick, 1920 | | | Hellinsia basuto Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909 | | | Merrifieldia innae Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Platyptilia barbarae Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010 | | | Platyptilia bowkeri Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Platyptilia sciophaea Meyrick, 1920 | | | Platyptilia sochivkoi Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Pseudoxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911 | | | Pterophorus africanus Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010 | | | Stenoptilia natalensis Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010 | |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Lesotho
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
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