Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Natal (Kwazulu-Natal)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 393
3768
6674 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 391
3766
6672 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 374
3723
6624 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 252
3215
5960 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 68
1132
2039 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 67
1130
2036 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 65
1127
2020 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 32
395
633 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 25
352
571 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
14
22 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 14
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Natal
14 Genera with 22 Species | Agdistis Hübner, 1909 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crassuncus Gibeaux, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Exelastis Meyrick, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hellinsia Tutt, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorhipida Amsel, 1912 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paulianilus Gibeaux, 1964 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Picardia Gibeaux, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 1924 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophorus Schäffer, 1926 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenarches Meyrick, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodacma Amsel, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Titanoptilus Hampson, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vietteilus Gibeaux, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Natal
22 Species | Agdistis dimetra Meyrick, 1924 | | | Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909 | | | Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908 | | | Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Hellinsia illutus Meyrick, 1917 | | | Hellinsia sphenites Meyrick, 1913 | | | Hellinsia tripunctata | | | Megalorhipida animosus Meyrick, 1921 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Paulianilus madecasseus (Bigot, 1964) | ⇒ Hellinsia magnus Gielis, 2011 | | Picardia orchatias Meyrick, 1908 | | | Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | | Platyptilia odiosa Meyrick, 1924 | | | Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852 | | | Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864 | | | Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926) | ⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908 | | Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864 | Geranium Plume Moth | | Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851) | ⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997 | | Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875 | Moth | | Titanoptilus patellatus (Meyrick, 1913) | ⇒ Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911 | | Vietteilus maligna Meyrick, 1913 | |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Natal
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
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