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Checklist for Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
291
4213
16123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
61
1285
3522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
61
1285
3522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
61
1285
3522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
29
288
432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
22
270
414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
13
24
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
13
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
13 Genera with 24 Species
Amblyptilia Hübner, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Asiaephorus Gielis, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 20037SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Nippoptilia Matsumura, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 20061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
24 Species
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Hübner, 1813Beautiful Plume
Amblyptilia atrodactyla Pagenstecher, 1900
Asiaephorus papua
Cosmoclostis hemiadelpha Fletcher, 1947
Cosmoclostis lamprosema Fletcher, 1947
Deuterocopus issikii Yano, 1963
Deuterocopus ritsemae Walsingham, 1884
Hellinsia carphodactoides Gielis, 2003
Hellinsia griseodactylus (Pagenstecher, 1900)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Hellinsia kaiapensis Gielis, 2003
Hellinsia mesoleucus Diakonoff, 1952
Hellinsia osteodactylus (Zeller, 1841)⇒ Hellinsia trimmatodactylus Zeller, 1841
Hellinsia sericeodactylus Pagenstecher, 1900
Hellinsia tariensis Gielis, 2003
Megalorhipida centetes Meyrick, 1886
Megalorhipida ralumensis Pagenstecher, 1900
Nippoptilia spinosa Yano, 1963
Ochyrotica buergersi Gaede, 1916
Ochyrotica koteka Arenberger, 1992
Oxyptilus pilosellae (Zeller, 1841)⇒ Oxyptilus chrysodactyla Denis & Schi..., 1775
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Pterophorus niveodactyla Pagenstecher, 1900
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Xyroptila variegata Kovtunovich ..., 2006

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyDeuterocopinae
Gielis, 1993
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOchyroticinae
Wasserthal, 1970
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
11
20
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