Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Rwanda (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 253
2144
4666 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 253
2144
4666 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 244
2114
4615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 171
1845
4258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 41
719
1675 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 41
718
1673 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 41
718
1673 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 15
99
145 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 12
91
136 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
12
22 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 12
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Rwanda
12 Genera with 22 Species | Agdistis Hübner, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bigotilia Gibeaux, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hellinsia Tutt, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Marasmarcha Meyrick, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalorhipida Amsel, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ochyrotica Walsingham, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platyptilia Hübner, 2011 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pselnophorus Wallengren, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophorus Schäffer, 1907 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenarches Meyrick, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoptilia Hübner, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vietteilus Gibeaux, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Rwanda
22 Species | Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909 | | | Bigotilia melitroctis Meyrick, 1924 | | | Hellinsia ambo Kovtunovich ..., 2011 | | | Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912 | | | Ochyrotica juratea Gielis, 2011 | | | Ochyrotica willyi Gielis, 2011 | | | Platyptilia albilobata Gielis, 2011 | | | Platyptilia daemonica Meyrick, 1932 | | | Platyptilia fletcheri Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016 | | | Platyptilia nyungwea Gielis, 2011 | | | Platyptilia rhyncholoba Meyrick, 1924 | | | Platyptilia rwandae Gielis, 2011 | | | Pselnophorus busoroensis Gielis, 2011 | | | Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852 | | | Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969 | | | Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907 | | | Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852 | Bottle Gourd Plume Moth | | Stenoptilia uwinka Gielis, 2011 | | | Stenoptilia uwinkae Gielis, 2011 | | | Vietteilus vigens Felder & Rog..., 1875 | |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Rwanda
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
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