Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 320
2212
3737 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 318
2210
3735 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 306
2162
3656 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 206
1743
3045 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 49
754
1288 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 49
754
1288 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 48
752
1286 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 25
234
410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 21
225
398 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
19
36 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 19
36 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mauritius
19 Genera with 36 Species | Amblyptilia Hübner, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antarches Gibeaux, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Emmelina Tutt, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Exelastis Meyrick, 1873 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hellinsia Tutt, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 1864 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Marasmarcha Meyrick, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalophipida | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorhipida Amsel, 1793 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorrhipida Amsel, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ochyrotica Walsingham, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyptilus Zeller, 1908 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1994 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophorus Schäffer, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenarches Meyrick, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodacma Amsel, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilia Hübner, 1997 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mauritius
36 Species | Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Hübner, 1813 | Beautiful Plume | | Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Plume | | Exelastis luqueti Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911 | | | Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Hellinsia mauritius Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Walker, 1864 | Lantana Plume Moth | | Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) | ⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003 | | Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003 | | | Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | | Megalorhipida congrualis Fabricius, 1793 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorhipida palaestinensis (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793 | | | Ochyrotica rufa Arenberger, 1987 | | | Oidaematophorus mauritius Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Oxyptilus epidectes Meyrick, 1907 | | | Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908 | | | Platyptilia amphiloga (Meyrick, 1909) | ⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003 | | Platyptilia ardua McDunnough, 1927 | | | Platyptilia censoria Meyrick, 1910 | | | Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | | Platyptilia fulva Bigot, 1964 | | | Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | | Platyptilia molopias (Meyrick, 1906) | ⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | Platyptilia vinsoni Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Pterophorus pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 | White Plume | | Pterophorus wahlbergi Zeller, 1851 | | | Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864 | Geranium Plume Moth | | Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852 | Bottle Gourd Plume Moth | | Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851) | ⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997 | | Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994 | | | Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997 | | | Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875 | Moth |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Mauritius
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
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