Species list, Checklist of Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths) for Southeast Brazil (Brazil)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	485 6854 15922	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	484 6853 15921	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	464 6786 15780	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	287 5290 12455	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	60 1532 3401	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	60 1532 3401	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	59 1525 3394	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Tineina Stainton, 1857	22 168 204	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Tineina Stainton, 1857	16 137 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 Plume Moths	1 6 6	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths	6 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Southeast Brazil
6 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Southeast Brazil
6 Species

Capperia trichodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Friesea jurubatiba
Hellinsia oxyntes Meyrick, 1908
Hellinsia paraochracealis Gielis, 1992
Pterophorus oxyntes (Meyrick, 1907)	⇒ Hellinsia oxyntes Meyrick, 1908
Stenoptilia ptilodactyla (Hübner, 1813)	⇒ Stenoptilia pterodactyla Linnaeus, 1761

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Southeast Brazil

Subfamily

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Genera
Species

Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)

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