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Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Nearctic (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
14611
110867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
705
14582
110813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
14384
109530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
443
11552
91603
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
74
2714
13826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
73
2713
13824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
70
2703
13784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
36
1020
4743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
27
952
4469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
29
241
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
29
241
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nearctic
29 Genera with 241 Species
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C
D
E
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H
L
M
O
P
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Adaina Tutt, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Amblyptilia Hübner, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Anstenoptilia Zimmerman, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Capperia Tutt, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Cnaemidophorus Wallengren, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Dejongia Gielis, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Geina Tutt, 18544SpeciesTaxom
Gillmeria Tutt, 18112SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 192163SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Leioptilus Tutt, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Lioptilodes Zimmerman, 18805SpeciesTaxom
Megalorrhipida Amsel, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Michaelophorus Gielis, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 192175SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Paraplatyptilia Bigot & Picard, 190823SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 190815SpeciesTaxom
Pselnophorus Wallengren, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Singularia Arenberger, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Stangeia Tutt, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18389SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18755SpeciesTaxom
Trichoptilus Walsingham, 18805SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nearctic
241 Species
Adaina ambrosiae Murtfeldt, 1880Ambrosia Plume
Adaina bipunctatus Möschler, 1890
Adaina buscki (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Geina buscki McDunnough, 1933
Adaina cinerascens Walsingham, 1880
Adaina montanus Walsingham, 1880
Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Agdistis americana Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Amblyptilia bowmani McDunnough, 1923
Amblyptilia pica Walsingham, 1880Geranium Plume
Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla (Dyar, 1903)⇒ Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla Dyar, 1903
Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla Dyar, 1903
Capperia evansi McDunnough, 1923
Capperia ningoris Walsingham, 1880
Capperia raptor Meyrick, 1908
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla Denis & Schi..., 1775Rose Plume
Dejongia californicus Walsingham, 1880
Dejongia lobidactylus Fitch, 1855Lobed Plume Moth
Emmelina buscki Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758Common Plume
Exelastis cervinicolor (Barnes & McD..., 1913)⇒ Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis rhynchosiae Dyar, 1898
Geina buscki McDunnough, 1933
Geina periscelidactylus Fitch, 1854Gartered
Geina sheppardi B. Landry, 1989Sheppards Plume Moth
Geina tenuidactylus Fitch, 1854Berry Plume Moth
Gillmeria albertae Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Gillmeria pallidactyla Haworth, 1811Yarrow Plume
Hellinsia albilobata McDunnough, 1939
Hellinsia ares Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia arion Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia auster Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia australis Grinnell, 1908
Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908Baccharis Borer
Hellinsia cadmus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia cajanuma Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia caudelli Dyar, 1903
Hellinsia citrites Meyrick, 1908
Hellinsia cochise Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia confusus Braun, 1930
Hellinsia contortus McDunnough, 1938
Hellinsia corvus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia costalba Gielis, 1996
Hellinsia costatus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia elliottii Fernald, 1893
Hellinsia eros Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia falsus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia fieldi Wright, 1921
Hellinsia fishii Fernald, 1893
Hellinsia glenni Cashatt, 1972
Hellinsia grandis Fish, 1881Coyote Brush Borer Plume Moth
Hellinsia gratiosus Fish, 1881
Hellinsia helianthi Walsingham, 1880Sunflower Plume Moth
Hellinsia homodactylus Walker, 1864Plain Plume Moth
Hellinsia inconditus Walsingham, 1880
Hellinsia inquinatus Zeller, 1873
Hellinsia integratus Meyrick, 1913
Hellinsia iobates Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia kellicottii Fish, 1881Goldenrod Borer
Hellinsia lacteodactylus Chambers, 1873
Hellinsia longifrons Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia lumbaquia Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia luteolus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia medius Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia meyricki Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia mizar Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia paleaceus Zeller, 1873
Hellinsia pallens Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia pan Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia papallacta Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia paraglochinias Gielis, 1996
Hellinsia paramoi Arenberger &..., 2001
Hellinsia perditus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia phoebus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia pollux Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia postnigrata Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia rigidus McDunnough, 1938
Hellinsia ruminahuii Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia serenus Meyrick, 1913
Hellinsia simplicissimus McDunnough, 1938
Hellinsia siniaevi Kovtunovich, 2003
Hellinsia subochraceus Walsingham, 1880
Hellinsia sulphureodactylus Packard, 1873
Hellinsia thor McDunnough, 1939
Hellinsia thoracica McDunnough, 1939
Hellinsia tinctus Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia triton Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia unicolor Barnes & McD..., 1913
Hellinsia varioides McDunnough, 1939
Hellinsia varius Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia venapunctus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Walker, 1864Lantana Plume Moth
Leioptilus inquinatus Zeller, 1873
Lioptilodes albistriolatus Zeller, 1871Moth
Lioptilodes altivolans Gielis, 2006
Lioptilodes antarcticus Staudinger, 1899
Lioptilodes arequipa Gielis, 2006
Lioptilodes parvus (Walsingham, 1880)⇒ Lioptilodes arequipa Gielis, 2006
Megalorrhipida defectalis (Walker, 1864)⇒ Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Michaelophorus indentatus Meyrick, 1930
Oidaematophorus alaskensis (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Oidaematophorus rogenhoferi Mann, 1871
Oidaematophorus albilobatus (McDunnough, 1939)⇒ Hellinsia albilobata McDunnough, 1939
Oidaematophorus angustus Walsingham, 1880
Oidaematophorus ares (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia ares Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus arion (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia arion Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus auster (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia auster Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus australis (Grinnel, 1908)⇒ Hellinsia australis Grinnell, 1908
Oidaematophorus balanotes (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908
Oidaematophorus balsamorrhizae McDunnough, 1939Hoary plume moth
Oidaematophorus baroni Fish, 1881
Oidaematophorus brucei Fernald, 1898
Oidaematophorus cadmus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia cajanuma Gielis, 2011
Oidaematophorus castor Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus catalinae Grinnel, 1908
Oidaematophorus caudelli (Dyar, 1903)⇒ Hellinsia caudelli Dyar, 1903
Oidaematophorus cineraceus Fish, 1881
Oidaematophorus citrites (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Hellinsia citrites Meyrick, 1908
Oidaematophorus cochise (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia cochise Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus confusus (Braun, 1930)⇒ Hellinsia confusus Braun, 1930
Oidaematophorus contortus (McDunnough, 1938)⇒ Hellinsia contortus McDunnough, 1938
Oidaematophorus corvus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia costalba Gielis, 1996
Oidaematophorus costatus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia costatus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus cretidactylus Fitch, 1855Chalky Plume
Oidaematophorus downesi McDunnough, 1927
Oidaematophorus elliottii (Fernald, 1893)⇒ Hellinsia elliottii Fernald, 1893
Oidaematophorus eros (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia eros Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus eupatorii Fernald, 1891Eupatorium Plume
Oidaematophorus falsus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia falsus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus fieldi (Wright, 1921)⇒ Hellinsia fieldi Wright, 1921
Oidaematophorus fishii (Fernald, 1893)⇒ Hellinsia fishii Fernald, 1893
Oidaematophorus glenni (Cashatt, 1972)⇒ Hellinsia glenni Cashatt, 1972
Oidaematophorus grandis (Fish, 1881)⇒ Hellinsia grandis Fish, 1881
Oidaematophorus gratiosus (Fish, 1881)⇒ Hellinsia gratiosus Fish, 1881
Oidaematophorus grisescens Walsingham, 1880
Oidaematophorus guttatus Walsingham, 1880
Oidaematophorus helianthi (Walsingham, 1880)⇒ Hellinsia helianthi Walsingham, 1880
Oidaematophorus hirosakianus Zeller, 1852
Oidaematophorus homodactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Hellinsia homodactylus Walker, 1864
Oidaematophorus inconditus (Walsingham, 1880)⇒ Hellinsia inconditus Walsingham, 1880
Oidaematophorus inquinatus (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Leioptilus inquinatus Zeller, 1873
Oidaematophorus integratus (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Hellinsia integratus Meyrick, 1913
Oidaematophorus iobates (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia iobates Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus kellicottii (Fish, 1881)⇒ Oidaematophorus lindseyi McDunnough, 1923
Oidaematophorus lacteodactylus (Chambers, 1873)⇒ Hellinsia lacteodactylus Chambers, 1873
Oidaematophorus lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Oidaematophorus hirosakianus Zeller, 1852
Oidaematophorus lindseyi McDunnough, 1923
Oidaematophorus longifrons (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia lumbaquia Gielis, 2011
Oidaematophorus luteolus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia luteolus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus mathewianus Zeller, 1874Mathew´s Plume
Oidaematophorus medius (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia medius Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus meyricki (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia fieldi Wright, 1921
Oidaematophorus mizar (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia mizar Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus occidentalis Walsingham, 1880
Oidaematophorus paleaceus (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Hellinsia pallens Gielis, 2011
Oidaematophorus pan (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia paramoi Arenberger &..., 2001
Oidaematophorus perditus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia perditus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus phaceliae McDunnough, 1938
Oidaematophorus phoebus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia phoebus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus pollux (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia postnigrata Gielis, 2011
Oidaematophorus rigidus (McDunnough, 1938)⇒ Hellinsia ruminahuii Gielis, 2011
Oidaematophorus rileyi Fernald, 1898
Oidaematophorus rogenhoferi Mann, 1871
Oidaematophorus serenus (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Hellinsia serenus Meyrick, 1913
Oidaematophorus simplicissimus (McDunnough, 1938)⇒ Hellinsia siniaevi Kovtunovich, 2003
Oidaematophorus stramineus Staudinger, 1859
Oidaematophorus subochraceus (Walsingham, 1880)⇒ Hellinsia subochraceus Walsingham, 1880
Oidaematophorus sulphureodactylus (Packard, 1873)⇒ Hellinsia sulphureodactylus Packard, 1873
Oidaematophorus thor (McDunnough, 1939)⇒ Hellinsia thor McDunnough, 1939
Oidaematophorus thoracicus (McDunnough, 1939)⇒ Hellinsia thoracica McDunnough, 1939
Oidaematophorus tinctus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia tinctus Walsingham, 1915
Oidaematophorus triton (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia triton Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus unicolor (Barnes & McD..., 1913)⇒ Pterophorus unicolor Barnes & McD..., 1913
Oidaematophorus varioides (McDunnough, 1939)⇒ Hellinsia varioides McDunnough, 1939
Oidaematophorus varius (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia varius Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oidaematophorus venapunctus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Hellinsia venapunctus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Oxyptilus delawaricus Zeller, 1873
Paraplatyptilia albiciliatus Walsingham, 1880
Paraplatyptilia albidorsellus Walsingham, 1880
Paraplatyptilia albidus Walsingham, 1880
Paraplatyptilia auriga Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Paraplatyptilia baueri Lange, 1950
Paraplatyptilia bifida Lange, 1950
Paraplatyptilia bowmani (McDunnough, 1923)⇒ Amblyptilia bowmani McDunnough, 1923
Paraplatyptilia carolina Kearfott, 1907
Paraplatyptilia cooleyi Fernald, 1898
Paraplatyptilia edwardsii Fish, 1881
Paraplatyptilia fragilis Walsingham, 1880
Paraplatyptilia grandis Walsingham, 1880
Paraplatyptilia immaculata McDunnough, 1939
Paraplatyptilia lutescens Lange, 1950
Paraplatyptilia maea Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Paraplatyptilia modesta Walsingham, 1880
Paraplatyptilia modestus (Walsingham, 1880)⇒ Paraplatyptilia modesta Walsingham, 1880
Paraplatyptilia nana McDunnough, 1927
Paraplatyptilia petrodactyla (Walker, 1864)⇒ Paraplatyptilia sabourini Gielis, 2008
Paraplatyptilia petrodactylus Walker, 1864
Paraplatyptilia sabourini Gielis, 2008
Paraplatyptilia shastae Walsingham, 1880
Paraplatyptilia xylopsamma Meyrick, 1908
Platyptilia adusta Walsingham, 1880
Platyptilia albicans Fish, 1881
Platyptilia ardua McDunnough, 1927
Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley, 1869Artichoke Plume Moth
Platyptilia carduidactylus (Riley, 1869)⇒ Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley, 1869
Platyptilia comstocki Lange, 1939
Platyptilia johnstoni Lange, 1940
Platyptilia pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811)⇒ Platyptilia adusta Walsingham, 1880
Platyptilia percnodactyla (Walsingham, 1880)⇒ Platyptilia profunda Yano, 1963
Platyptilia picta Meyrick, 1913
Platyptilia postbarbata Meyrick, 1938
Platyptilia profunda Yano, 1963
Platyptilia tesseradactyla Linnaeus, 1791Irish Plume
Platyptilia washburnensis McDunnough, 1929
Platyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908Calendula Plume Moth
Pselnophorus belfragei Fish, 1881Belfrages Plume Moth
Pterophorus inquinatus Zeller, 1873
Pterophorus unicolor Barnes & McD..., 1913
Pterophorus walsinghami (Fernald, 1898)⇒ Singularia walsinghami Fernald, 1898
Singularia walsinghami Fernald, 1898
Sphenarches ontario McDunnough, 1927
Stangeia parvulus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Stenoptilia coloradensis Fernald, 1898
Stenoptilia columbia McDunnough, 1927
Stenoptilia exclamationis Walsingham, 1880
Stenoptilia grandipuncta McDunnough, 1939
Stenoptilia mengeli Fernald, 1898
Stenoptilia pallistriga Barnes & McD..., 1913
Stenoptilia philocremna (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia lumbaquia Gielis, 2011
Stenoptilia pterodactyla Linnaeus, 1761Brown Plume
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes albiciliatus (Walsingham, 1880)⇒ Paraplatyptilia albiciliatus Walsingham, 1880
Stenoptilodes antirrhina Lange, 1940Snapdragon Plume Moth
Stenoptilodes brevipennis Zeller, 1874
Stenoptilodes crenulata (Barnes & McD..., 1913)⇒ Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Trichoptilus californicus (Walsingham, 1880)⇒ Dejongia californicus Walsingham, 1880
Trichoptilus defectalis Walker, 1864
Trichoptilus indentatus (Meyrick, 1930)⇒ Michaelophorus indentatus Meyrick, 1930
Trichoptilus potentellus (Lange, 1940)⇒ Trichoptilus pygmaeus Walsingham, 1880
Trichoptilus pygmaeus Walsingham, 1880

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Nearctic
SubfamilyAgdistinae
Tutt, 1907
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
27
239
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)
Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)


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