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Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Northern Territory (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
415
4034
8898
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
413
4027
8894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
399
3958
8764
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
264
3036
7110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
62
1087
1828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
62
1087
1828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
62
1087
1828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
33
431
659
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
406
627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
16
21
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
16
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northern Territory
16 Genera with 21 Species
Agdistopis Hampson, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Hepalastis Gibeaux, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Nippoptilia Matsumura, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Sinpunctiptilia Arenberger, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Stangeia Tutt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Tomotilus Yano, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Trichoptilus Walsingham, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Wheeleria Tutt, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Territory
21 Species
Agdistopis halieutica Meyrick, 1932
Deuterocopus tengstroemi (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Hepalastis pumilio Zeller, 1873
Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Nippoptilia cinctipedalis Walker, 1864
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus nephogenes (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Hellinsia nephogenes Meyrick, 1926
Sinpunctiptilia tasmaniae Arenberger, 2006
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Stangeia xerodes Meyrick, 1886Xerodes plume moth
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Tomotilus celebratus Meyrick, 1932
Tomotilus saitoi (Yano, 1961)⇒ Tomotilus celebratus Meyrick, 1932
Trichoptilus ceramodes Meyrick, 1886
Wheeleria spilodactylus (Curtis, 1827)⇒ Wheeleria spilodactyla Curtis, 1827
Xyroptila marmarias Meyrick, 1908
Xyroptila uluru Kovtunovich ..., 2006

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Northern Territory
SubfamilyDeuterocopinae
Gielis, 1993
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMacropiratinae
Meyrick, 1932
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
14
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)
Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)


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