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Checklist for Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
and region Malaysia (Southeast Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
562
8010
25404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
558
8005
25399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
535
7870
25021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
321
5809
19799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
57
1806
4663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
57
1806
4663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
57
1806
4663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
23
308
575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
18
259
499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
13
26
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
13
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malaysia
13 Genera with 26 Species
Asiaephorus Gielis, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 19074SpeciesTaxom
Diacrotricha Zeller, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Fletcherella Diakonoff, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 20202SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 20158SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Tetraschalis Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malaysia
26 Species
Asiaephorus longicucullus Gielis, 2000
Asiaephorus sythoffi Snellen, 1903
Cosmoclostis auxileuca Meyrick, 1908
Deuterocopus lophopteryx (Fletcher, 1910)⇒ Deuterocopus papuaensis Gielis & de Vos, 2006
Deuterocopus melanota Fletcher, 1910
Deuterocopus papuaensis Gielis & de Vos, 2006
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Diacrotricha fasciola Zeller, 1852Starfruit Flowermoth
Fletcherella niphadothysana Diakonoff, 1952
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Ochyrotica borneoica Gielis, 1988
Ochyrotica omelkoi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2020
Oxyptilus idonealis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus acrias (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Oidaematophorus grisescens Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus elaeopa (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Pterophorus elaeopus Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus elaeopus Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus erratus Gielis, 2000
Pterophorus flavus Arenberger, 1991
Pterophorus kuningus Arenberger, 1997
Pterophorus lacteipennis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus vikhrevi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2015
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches zanclistes Meyrick, 1905
Tetraschalis ochrias Meyrick, 1908
Xyroptila oenophanes Meyrick, 1908

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Malaysia
SubfamilyDeuterocopinae
Gielis, 1993
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOchyroticinae
Wasserthal, 1970
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
11
20
Genera
Species

Taxom



Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)
Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)


Links, sources and further information
Pterophoridae at plumemoth.com
Pterophoridae at artfakta.se
Pterophoridae at dyntaxa.se
Pterophoridae at gbif.org
Pterophoridae at irmng.org
Pterophoridae at itis.gov