Species list, Checklist of Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths) for Morogoro Region (Southeast Tanzania, Tanzania)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	173 904 1195	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	173 904 1195	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	160 862 1125	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	125 799 1063	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	34 244 394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	34 244 394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	34 244 394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Tineina Stainton, 1857	12 42 47	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Tineina Stainton, 1857	10 37 41	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 Plume Moths	1 11 13	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths	11 13	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Morogoro Region
11 Genera with 13 Species

Species list for Morogoro Region
13 Species

Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913)	⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Hellinsia madecassea Gibeaux, 1994
Inferuncus stoltzei Gielis, 1990
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875
Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus uzungwe Gielis, 1991
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864	Geranium Plume Moth
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)	⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875	Moth
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Morogoro Region

Subfamily

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13

Genera
Species

Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)

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