Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Malawi (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 327
3787
9639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 327
3787
9639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 308
3697
9441 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 226
3307
8733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 64
1621
4426 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 64
1621
4426 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 62
1618
4423 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 30
354
708 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 25
290
598 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
37
106 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 37
106 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Malawi
37 Genera with 106 Species
| Adaina Tutt, 1913 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Agdistis Hübner, 2009 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Amblyptilia Hübner, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antarches Gibeaux, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 2014 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Arcoptilia Arenberger, 2014 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Buckleria Tutt, 1992 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crassuncus Gibeaux, 1908 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Crocydoscelus Walsingham, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crombrugghia Tutt, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deuterocopus Zeller, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eucapperia Gibeaux, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Exelastis Meyrick, 1970 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Gypsochares Meyrick, 1921 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hellinsia Tutt, 1908 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Marasmarcha Meyrick, 1921 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorhipida Amsel, 1909 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Ochyrotica Walsingham, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyptilus Zeller, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paracapperia Bigot & Picard, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Picardia Gibeaux, 2014 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1875 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Prichotilus Rose & Pooni, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Procapperia Adamczewski, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophorus Schäffer, 1969 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenarches Meyrick, 2014 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodacma Amsel, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilia Hübner, 1838 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Titanoptilus Hampson, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trichoptilus Walsingham, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vietteilus Gibeaux, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Walsinghamiella Berg, 1921 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Xyroptila Meyrick, 2006 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Malawi
106 Species | Adaina microdactyla Hübner, 1813 | Hemp Agrimony Plume | | Adaina periarga Meyrick, 1913 | | | Agdistis facetus Bigot, 1969 | | | Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909 | | | Agdistis nyasa Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864 | | | Agdistis varii Kovtunovich ..., 2009 | | | Amblyptilia direptalis Walker, 1864 | | | Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Apoxyptilus anthites Meyrick, 1936 | | | Apoxyptilus uzumarus Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Arcoptilia malawica Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910 | | | Buckleria girardi Gibeaux, 1992 | | | Crassuncus colubratus Meyrick, 1909 | | | Crassuncus ecstaticus Meyrick, 1932 | | | Crassuncus livingstoni Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911 | | | Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908 | | | Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897 | | | Crombrugghia richardi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010 | | | Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907 | | | Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918 | | | Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885 | Pigeon pea leaf webber | | Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909 | | | Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932 | | | Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897 | | | Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911 | | | Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970 | | | Gypsochares aulotes Meyrick, 1911 | | | Gypsochares murphy Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Gypsochares pachyceros Meyrick, 1921 | | | Hellinsia acuminatus Meyrick, 1920 | | | Hellinsia aldabrensis Fletcher T. B., 1910 | | | Hellinsia chewa Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Hellinsia colubratus (Meyrick, 1909) | ⇒ Crassuncus colubratus Meyrick, 1909 | | Hellinsia invidiosus Meyrick, 1911 | | | Hellinsia katangae Gielis, 2009 | | | Hellinsia madecasseus Bigot, 1964 | | | Hellinsia namizimu Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Hellinsia pacifica (Meyrick, 1911) | ⇒ Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911 | | Hellinsia timidus (Meyrick, 1908) | ⇒ Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908 | | Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) | ⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003 | | Marasmarcha bengtssoni Gielis, 2009 | | | Marasmarcha lamborni Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924 | | | Marasmarcha rubriacuta Gielis, 2009 | | | Marasmarcha sisyrodes Meyrick, 1921 | | | Megalorhipida leptomeres Meyrick, 1886 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907 | | | Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909 | | | Ochyrotica africana Bigot, 1969 | | | Oxyptilus orichalcias (Meyrick, 1916) | ⇒ Walsinghamiella orichalcias Meyrick, 1916 | | Paracapperia esuriens Meyrick, 1932 | | | Picardia ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932) | ⇒ Crassuncus ecstaticus Meyrick, 1932 | | Picardia eparches Meyrick, 1931 | | | Picardia leza Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Picardia raymondi Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Picardia tumbuka Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | | Platyptilia locharcha (Meyrick., 1924) | ⇒ Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924 | | Platyptilia longalis Walker, 1864 | | | Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920 | | | Platyptilia mugesse Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Platyptilia rubriacuta (Gielis, 2009) | ⇒ Marasmarcha rubriacuta Gielis, 2009 | | Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Prichotilus tara Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Prichotilus yakovlevi Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Procapperia insomnis Townsend, 1956 | | | Pseudoxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911 | | | Pterophorus africanus Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010 | | | Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852 | | | Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864 | | | Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969 | | | Pterophorus dallastai Gielis, 1991 | | | Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907 | | | Pterophorus spissa Bigot, 1969 | | | Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864 | Geranium Plume Moth | | Sphenarches bifurcatus Gielis, 2009 | | | Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852 | Bottle Gourd Plume Moth | | Sphenarches mulanje Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Stenodacma cognata Gielis, 2009 | | | Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851) | ⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997 | | Stenoptilia johnistella Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010 | | | Stenoptilia juniper Kovtunovich ..., 2014 | | | Stenoptilia kiitulo Gielis, 2008 | | | Stenoptilia longalis (Walker, 1864) | ⇒ Platyptilia longalis Walker, 1864 | | Stenoptilia natalensis Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010 | | | Stenoptilia viettei Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838 | Dowdy Plume | | Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875 | Moth | | Titanoptilus melanodonta Hampson, 1905 | | | Titanoptilus serrulatus Meyrick, 1935 | | | Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911 | | | Trichoptilus cryphias Meyrick, 1912 | | | Vietteilus vigens Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Walsinghamiella illustris Townsend, 1958 | | | Walsinghamiella niniella Gielis, 2011 | | | Walsinghamiella orichalcias Meyrick, 1916 | | | Walsinghamiella vibrans Meyrick, 1921 | | | Xyroptila masaia Kovtunovich ..., 2006 | | | Xyroptila ruvenzori Kovtunovich ..., 2006 | |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Malawi
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
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