Checklist for Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
and region U.S. Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 193
973
1367 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 193
973
1367 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 186
947
1322 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 127
746
1053 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 32
359
518 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 32
359
518 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 32
359
518 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 14
67
82 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 13
62
76 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
8
14 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 8
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for U.S. Virgin Islands
8 Genera with 14 Species
Species list for U.S. Virgin Islands
14 Species | Adaina ambrosiae Murtfeldt, 1880 | Ambrosia Plume | | Adaina bipunctatus Möschler, 1890 | | | Adaina thomae Zeller, 1877 | | | Exelastis gilvidorsis Hedemann, 1896 | | | Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897 | | | Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911 | | | Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Geina integumentum Gielis, 2006 | | | Hellinsia inquinatus Zeller, 1873 | | | Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) | ⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003 | | Lantanophaga tecnidion Zeller, 1877 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | | Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864 | Geranium Plume Moth |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in U.S. Virgin Islands
 | | 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
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