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Checklist for Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
3780
15848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
3774
15825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
3756
15683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
37
1343
5444
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
1197
5042
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
46
284
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
46
284
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
46 Genera with 284 Species
#ABCDEGHLMOPSTVWX
Adaina Tutt, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 202471SpeciesTaxom
Amblyptilia Hübner, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Antarches Gibeaux, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Apoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 19361SpeciesTaxom
Arcoptilia Arenberger, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Bigotilia Gibeaux, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Buckleria Tutt, 20082SpeciesTaxom
Capperia Tutt, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Crassuncus Gibeaux, 188112SpeciesTaxom
Crombrugghia Tutt, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Eucapperia Gibeaux, 19184SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 197010SpeciesTaxom
Gypsochares Meyrick, 19215SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 188130SpeciesTaxom
Hepalastis Gibeaux, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Macrotinactis Hampson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 190910SpeciesTaxom
Megalophipida1SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 190915SpeciesTaxom
Megalorrhipida Amsel, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Merrifieldia Tutt, 20114SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 19215SpeciesTaxom
Paracapperia Bigot & Picard, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Paulianilus Gibeaux, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Picardia Gibeaux, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 201122SpeciesTaxom
Procapperia Adamczewski, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Pselnophorus Wallengren, 20104SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 19202SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 185111SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18815SpeciesTaxom
Stangeia Tutt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18514SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18389SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Titanoptilus Hampson, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Trichoptilus Walsingham, 190913SpeciesTaxom
Vietteilus Gibeaux, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Walsinghamiella Berg, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 20063SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
284 Species
Adaina gentilis Meyrick, 1911
Adaina periarga Meyrick, 1913
Adaina propria Meyrick, 1921
Agdistis (Tamaristis) tamaricis Zeller, 1847Tamarisk Plume
Agdistis africana Arenberger, 1996
Agdistis anikini Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis arenbergeri Gielis, 1986
Agdistis augrabiesi (Kovtunovich ..., 2010)⇒ Agdistis criocephala Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis buffelsi Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis capensis Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis clara Arenberger, 1986
Agdistis cretifera Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis criocephala Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis damara Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis danutae Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis darwini Arenberger, 2009
Agdistis dazdraperma Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis dentalis Arenberger, 1986
Agdistis dicksoni Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis dimetra Meyrick, 1924
Agdistis eberti Arenberger, 2009
Agdistis endrodyi Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis facetus Bigot, 1969
Agdistis furcata Arenberger, 1996
Agdistis gibberipenis Arenberger, 1996
Agdistis gibberipennis Arenberger, 1996
Agdistis gornostaevi Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis infumata Meyrick, 1912
Agdistis insolitus Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis iversoni Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis jansei Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis karischi Arenberger, 1996
Agdistis kaunda Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis kevintucki Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis krooni Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis kruegeri Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis linnaei Gielis, 2008
Agdistis lomholdti Gielis, 1990
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis malleana Arenberger, 1988
Agdistis meyi Arenberger, 2008
Agdistis mostovskii Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis myburgi Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis namaqua Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis namibiana Arenberger, 1988
Agdistis nikolaii Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis obstinata Meyrick, 1920
Agdistis pala Arenberger, 1986
Agdistis piccolo Gielis, 1990
Agdistis potgieteri Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis prisoner Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis pseudomeyi Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864
Agdistis quagga Arenberger, 2009
Agdistis rastri Arenberger, 2010
Agdistis reciprocans Meyrick, 1924
Agdistis ruhanga Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis samknotti Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis sergeii Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis spinosa Arenberger, 1986
Agdistis springbok Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis streltzovi Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis surkovae Kovtunovich ..., 2024
Agdistis swakopi Arenberger, 2009
Agdistis swierstri Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis toliarensis L. Bigot, 1987
Agdistis tsumkwe Arenberger, 2001
Agdistis unguica Arenberger, 1988
Agdistis vansoni Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis varii Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis violaceus Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis wolframi Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis yakovi Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis zagulajevi Kovtunovich ..., 2024
Amblyptilia cosmodactyla Hübner, 1819
Amblyptilia direptalis Walker, 1864
Amblyptilia vigens (Felder & Rog..., 1875)⇒ Vietteilus vigens Felder & Rog..., 1875
Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912
Apoxyptilus anthites Meyrick, 1936
Arcoptilia pongola Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Bigotilia melitroctis Meyrick, 1924
Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Bipunctiphorus patriarcha Meyrick, 1912
Buckleria negotiosus Meyrick, 1926
Buckleria vanderwolfi (Gielis, 2008)⇒ Buckleria negotiosus Meyrick, 1926
Capperia trichodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher, 1947
Crassuncus ambitiosus Meyrick, 1911
Crassuncus colubratus Meyrick, 1909
Crassuncus ermakovae Kovtunovich,..., 2017
Crassuncus hawkingi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016
Crassuncus kenzo Kovtunovich ..., 2017
Crassuncus koperbergi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016
Crassuncus laqueatus Meyrick, 1913
Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911
Crassuncus purus Meyrick, 1913
Crassuncus serpens Meyrick, 1909
Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908
Crassuncus tripunctatus Walsingham, 1881
Crombrugghia richardi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Deuterocopus alopecodes Meyrick, 1911
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Emmelina bigoti Gibeaux, 1990
Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918
Eucapperia continentalis (Gielis, 2008)⇒ Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918
Eucapperia corniculata Meyrick, 1913
Eucapperia longiductus (Meyrick, 1918)⇒ Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918
Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885Pigeon pea leaf webber
Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909
Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932
Exelastis ebalensis Rebel, 1907
Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis pavidus Meyrick, 1908
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970
Gypsochares astragalotes Meyrick, 1909
Gypsochares aulotes Meyrick, 1911
Gypsochares catharotes Meyrick, 1908
Gypsochares londti Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Gypsochares pachyceros Meyrick, 1921
Hellinsia acuminatus Meyrick, 1920
Hellinsia adumbratus Walsingham, 1881
Hellinsia aethiopicus Amsel, 1963
Hellinsia aldabrensis Fletcher T. B., 1910
Hellinsia ammonias Meyrick, 1909
Hellinsia basuto Kovtunovich ..., 2011
Hellinsia bidzilya Ustjuzhanin ..., 2019
Hellinsia birichevskayae Kovtunovich ..., 2017
Hellinsia brandbergi Arenberger, 2004
Hellinsia callidus Meyrick, 1913
Hellinsia colubratus (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Crassuncus colubratus Meyrick, 1909
Hellinsia furfurosus Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia homodactylus Walker, 1864Plain Plume Moth
Hellinsia illutus Meyrick, 1917
Hellinsia invidiosus Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia karinupponeni Kovtunovich,..., 2022
Hellinsia katerina Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016
Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852
Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852
Hellinsia madecasseus Bigot, 1964
Hellinsia pacifica (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia pectodactylus Staudinger, 1859Straw-Colored Plume Moth
Hellinsia purus (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia ristoi Kovtunovich,..., 2022
Hellinsia serpens (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Hellinsia tripunctatus Walsingham, 1881
Hellinsia sordidatus Meyrick, 1912
Hellinsia sphenites Meyrick, 1913
Hellinsia timidus (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908
Hellinsia tripunctata
Hellinsia tripunctatus Walsingham, 1881
Hepalastis pumilio Zeller, 1873
Lantanophaga amphiloga Meyrick, 1909
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Walker, 1864Lantana Plume Moth
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Macrotinactis stenodactylus (Fletcher, 1911)⇒ Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Marasmarcha ammonias Meyrick, 1909
Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Marasmarcha corniculata Meyrick, 1913
Marasmarcha empedota Meyrick, 1908
Marasmarcha pavidus Meyrick, 1907
Marasmarcha picardi Gibeaux, 1990
Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Marasmarcha sisyrodes Meyrick, 1921
Marasmarcha verax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida animosus Meyrick, 1921
Megalorhipida congrualis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida festus Meyrick, 1920
Megalorhipida leptomeres Meyrick, 1886
Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida maceratus Meyrick, 1909
Megalorhipida palaestinensis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida prolai Gibeaux, 1994
Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912
Megalorhipida umbra Gielis, 2011
Megalorhipida varius Meyrick, 1909
Megalorhipida viduus Meyrick, 1917
Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909
Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Merrifieldia alaica Caradja, 1920
Merrifieldia arenbergeri Ustjuzhanin ..., 2022
Merrifieldia aurea Ustjuzhanin ..., 2015
Merrifieldia innae Kovtunovich ..., 2011
Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Oxyptilus erythrodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Oxyptilus orichalcias (Meyrick, 1916)⇒ Walsinghamiella orichalcias Meyrick, 1916
Oxyptilus variegatus (Meyrick, 1920)⇒ Pseudoxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911
Oxyptilus vibrans (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Walsinghamiella vibrans Meyrick, 1921
Paracapperia esuriens Meyrick, 1932
Paulianilus madecasseus (Bigot, 1964)⇒ Hellinsia magnus Gielis, 2011
Picardia orchatias Meyrick, 1908
Platyptilia amphiloga (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Platyptilia ardua McDunnough, 1927
Platyptilia barbarae Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Platyptilia benitensis (Strand, 1913)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia bowkeri Kovtunovich ..., 2011
Platyptilia bullifera (Meyrick, 1918)⇒ Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918
Platyptilia corniculata (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Marasmarcha corniculata Meyrick, 1913
Platyptilia dschambiya Arenberger, 1999
Platyptilia empedota (Walker, 1908)⇒ Marasmarcha picardi Gibeaux, 1990
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia locharcha (Meyrick., 1924)⇒ Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia longalis Walker, 1864
Platyptilia maligna (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969
Platyptilia melitroctis Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia molopias (Meyrick, 1906)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia odiosa Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia patriarcha (Meyrick, 1912)⇒ Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Platyptilia periacta (Zeller., 1867)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia picta Meyrick, 1913
Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875
Platyptilia sciophaea Meyrick, 1920
Platyptilia sochivkoi Kovtunovich ..., 2011
Procapperia insomnis Townsend, 1956
Pselnophorus astragalotes (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Gypsochares astragalotes Meyrick, 1909
Pselnophorus boldyrevae Kovtunovich ..., 2017
Pselnophorus pachyceros Meyrick, 1921
Pselnophorus zulu Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Pseudoxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911
Pseudoxyptilus variegatus Meyrick, 1920
Pterophorus africanus Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus dallastai Gielis, 1991
Pterophorus furfurosus (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Hellinsia furfurosus Meyrick, 1911
Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)⇒ Pterophorus ischnodactylus Treitschke, 1835
Pterophorus ischnodactylus Treitschke, 1835
Pterophorus longalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus wahlbergi Zeller, 1851
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852Bottle Gourd Plume Moth
Sphenarches caffra
Sphenarches erythrodactylus Fletcher D. S., 1911
Sphenarches walkeri Walsingham, 1881
Stangeia xerodes Meyrick, 1886Xerodes plume moth
Stenodacma pyrrhodes Meyrick, 1889
Stenodacma richardi (Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010)⇒ Crombrugghia richardi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Stenodacma rutilalis Walker, 1864
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994
Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia johnistella Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Stenoptilia longalis (Walker, 1864)⇒ Platyptilia longalis Walker, 1864
Stenoptilia natalensis Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Stenoptilia petraea Meyrick, 1908
Stenoptilia semicostatus Duponchel, 1840
Stenoptilia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1840)⇒ Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Titanoptilus laniger (Bigot, 1969)⇒ Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Titanoptilus melanodonta Hampson, 1905
Titanoptilus patellatus (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Titanoptilus procerus Bigot, 1969
Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Trichoptilus animosus (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Megalorhipida festus Meyrick, 1920
Trichoptilus ceramodes Meyrick, 1886
Trichoptilus cryphias Meyrick, 1912
Trichoptilus festus (Meyrick, 1920)⇒ Megalorhipida festus Meyrick, 1920
Trichoptilus inclitus T.P. Lucas, 1892
Trichoptilus maceratus (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Trichoptilus negotiosus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Buckleria negotiosus Meyrick, 1926
Trichoptilus pelias Meyrick, 1908
Trichoptilus pygmaeus Walsingham, 1880
Trichoptilus subtilis (Rebel, 1907)⇒ Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Trichoptilus varius Meyrick, 1909
Trichoptilus viduus Meyrick, 1917
Trichoptilus vivax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909
Vietteilus africae Walsingham, 1881
Vietteilus maligna Meyrick, 1913
Vietteilus vigens Felder & Rog..., 1875
Walsinghamiella illustris Townsend, 1958
Walsinghamiella orichalcias Meyrick, 1916
Walsinghamiella prolai Gibeaux, 1994
Walsinghamiella vibrans Meyrick, 1921
Xyroptila aenea Kovtunovich ..., 2006
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969
Xyroptila zambesi Kovtunovich ..., 2006

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Southern Africa
SubfamilyAgdistinae
Tutt, 1907
1
71
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDeuterocopinae
Gielis, 1993
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
43
210
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