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Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for United Arab Emirates (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
197
1020
1850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
197
1020
1850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
191
1003
1824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
137
867
1641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
40
373
690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
40
373
690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
40
373
690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
19
155
282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
17
153
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
13
25
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
13
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for United Arab Emirates
13 Genera with 25 Species
Agdistis Hübner, 19765SpeciesTaxom
Capperia Tutt, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Megalophipida1SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 17935SpeciesTaxom
Megalorrhipida Amsel, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Stangeia Tutt, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for United Arab Emirates
25 Species
Agdistis (Tamaristis) tamaricis Zeller, 1847Tamarisk Plume
Agdistis nanodes Meyrick, 1906
Agdistis olei Arenberger, 1976
Agdistis qurayyahiensis Gielis, 2008
Agdistis tenera Arenberger, 1976
Capperia celeusi Schmid, 1887
Capperia washbourni Adamczewski, 1951
Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758Common Plume
Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885Pigeon pea leaf webber
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida angusta Arenberger, 2002
Megalorhipida congrualis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida palaestinensis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Pterophorus wahlbergi Zeller, 1851
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Stangeia siceliota Zeller, 1847
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994
Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in United Arab Emirates
SubfamilyAgdistinae
Tutt, 1907
1
5
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
11
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)
Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)


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