Species list, Checklist of Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths) for Rhode Island (USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	289 1773 3075	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	288 1770 3071	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	273 1715 2939	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	189 1435 2421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	45 696 1242	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	45 696 1242	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	44 695 1241	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Tineina Stainton, 1857	21 156 228	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Tineina Stainton, 1857	16 139 209	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 Plume Moths	1 5 8	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths	5 8	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Rhode Island
5 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Rhode Island
8 Species

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla Denis & Schi..., 1775	Rose Plume
Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758	Common Plume
Geina periscelidactylus Fitch, 1854	Gartered
Geina tenuidactyla Fitch, 1855	Berry Plume Moth
Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908	Baccharis Borer
Hellinsia homodactyla	Plume Moth
Hellinsia homodactylus Walker, 1864	Plain Plume Moth
Platyptilia carduidactylus (Riley, 1869)	⇒ Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley, 1869

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Rhode Island

Subfamily

5
8

Genera
Species

Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)

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