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Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Mexico (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
698
14124
57109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
694
14107
57082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
663
13942
56498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
402
11105
46472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
78
3406
11546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
77
3404
11543
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
76
3398
11524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
34
738
1981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
652
1779
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
28
110
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
28
110
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mexico
28 Genera with 110 Species
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Adaina Tutt, 19217SpeciesTaxom
Anstenoptilia Zimmerman, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Buszkoiana Koçak, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Capperia Tutt, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Geina Tutt, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Gillmeria Tutt, 18111SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 191529SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Leptodeuterocopus Fletcher, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Megalophipida1SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 17944SpeciesTaxom
Megalorrhipida Amsel, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Michaelophorus Gielis, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 191515SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Paraplatyptilia Bigot & Picard, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 19327SpeciesTaxom
Postplatyptilia Gielis, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Pselnophorus Wallengren, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 192617SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18741SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mexico
110 Species
Adaina ambrosiae Murtfeldt, 1880Ambrosia Plume
Adaina bernardi Gielis, 1992
Adaina buscki (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Geina buscki McDunnough, 1933
Adaina fuscahodias Gielis, 1992
Adaina hodias Meyrick, 1908
Adaina thomae Zeller, 1877
Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla (Dyar, 1903)⇒ Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla Dyar, 1903
Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla Dyar, 1903
Capperia trichodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Cosmoclostis lamprosema Fletcher, 1947
Emmelina aethes Walsingham, 1915
Emmelina buscki Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758Common Plume
Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Geina buscki McDunnough, 1933
Geina tenuidactylus Fitch, 1854Berry Plume Moth
Gillmeria pallidactyla Haworth, 1811Yarrow Plume
Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908Baccharis Borer
Hellinsia beneficus Yano & Heppner, 1983Moth
Hellinsia caudelli Dyar, 1903
Hellinsia chamelai Gielis, 1992
Hellinsia emmorus Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia epileucus Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia falsus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia fishii Fernald, 1893
Hellinsia fissuralba Gielis, 1996
Hellinsia fissuripuncta Gielis, 1999
Hellinsia fumiventris Zeller, 1877
Hellinsia grandis Fish, 1881Coyote Brush Borer Plume Moth
Hellinsia hoguei Gielis, 1996
Hellinsia homodactylaPlume Moth
Hellinsia homodactylus Walker, 1864Plain Plume Moth
Hellinsia huayna Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia ignifugax Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia inquinatus Zeller, 1873
Hellinsia longifrons Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia lumbaquia Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia mollis Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia nodipes Zeller, 1877
Hellinsia perditus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia phlegmaticus Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia phloeochroa Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia socorroica Gielis, 1991
Hellinsia sublatus Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia tetraonipennis Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia tinctus Walsingham, 1915
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Walker, 1864Lantana Plume Moth
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Leptodeuterocopus neales Walsingham, 1915
Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Marasmarcha brevirostris Walsingham, 1915
Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida congrualis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida dulcis Walsingham, 1915
Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Michaelophorus indentatus Meyrick, 1930
Ochyrotica mexicana Arenberger, 1990
Oidaematophorus aethes (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Emmelina aethes Walsingham, 1915
Oidaematophorus balanotes (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908
Oidaematophorus beneficus (Yano & Heppner, 1983)⇒ Hellinsia beneficus Yano & Heppner, 1983
Oidaematophorus chamelai (Gielis, 1992)⇒ Hellinsia chamelai Gielis, 1992
Oidaematophorus eupatorii Fernald, 1891Eupatorium Plume
Oidaematophorus falsus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia falsus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus grandis (Fish, 1881)⇒ Hellinsia grandis Fish, 1881
Oidaematophorus grisescens Walsingham, 1880
Oidaematophorus guttatus Walsingham, 1880
Oidaematophorus hoguei (Gielis, 1996)⇒ Hellinsia hoguei Gielis, 1996
Oidaematophorus longifrons (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia lumbaquia Gielis, 2011
Oidaematophorus mathewianus Zeller, 1874Mathew´s Plume
Oidaematophorus phaceliae McDunnough, 1938
Oidaematophorus tinctus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia tinctus Walsingham, 1915
Oxyptilus maleficus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Leptodeuterocopus neales Walsingham, 1915
Paraplatyptilia azteca Gielis, 1996
Paraplatyptilia fragilis Walsingham, 1880
Platyptilia amphiloga (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Platyptilia ardua McDunnough, 1927
Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley, 1869Artichoke Plume Moth
Platyptilia carduidactylus (Riley, 1869)⇒ Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley, 1869
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Platyptilia hesperis (Riley, 1869)⇒ Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley, 1869
Platyptilia teleacma (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Postplatyptilia palmeri Gielis, 1996
Pselnophorus belfragei Fish, 1881Belfrages Plume Moth
Pterophorus acrias (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Oidaematophorus grisescens Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus aethes (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Emmelina aethes Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus baccharides (Grinnell, 1908)⇒ Hellinsia grandis Fish, 1881
Pterophorus behrii (Grinnell, 1908)⇒ Oidaematophorus grisescens Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus emmorus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia emmorus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus epileucus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia epileucus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus fishii (Fernald, 1893)⇒ Hellinsia fissuripuncta Gielis, 1999
Pterophorus grandis (Fish, 1881)⇒ Hellinsia grandis Fish, 1881
Pterophorus homodactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Hellinsia huayna Gielis, 2011
Pterophorus ignifugax (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia ignifugax Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus longifrons (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia lumbaquia Gielis, 2011
Pterophorus mollis (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia mollis Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus phloeochroa (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia phloeochroa Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus sublatus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia sublatus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus tetraonipennis (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia tetraonipennis Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus tinctus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia tinctus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Stenoptilia philocremma (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia lumbaquia Gielis, 2011
Stenoptilia philocremna (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia lumbaquia Gielis, 2011
Stenoptilia semicostatus Duponchel, 1840
Stenoptilia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1840)⇒ Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes brevipennis Zeller, 1874

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Mexico
SubfamilyDeuterocopinae
Gielis, 1993
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyOchyroticinae
Wasserthal, 1970
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
25
107
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)
Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)


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