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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
418
4068
8951
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
416
4061
8947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
401
3990
8816
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
266
3053
7147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
63
1095
1852
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
63
1095
1852
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
63
1095
1852
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
33
431
662
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
406
628
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)


Links, sources and further information
Pterophoridae at plumemoth.com
Pterophoridae at artfakta.se
Pterophoridae at dyntaxa.se
Pterophoridae at gbif.org
Pterophoridae at irmng.org
Pterophoridae at itis.gov