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Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Venezuela (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
514
6360
16212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
6356
16208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
486
6227
15868
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
306
4996
13412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
64
1582
3952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
64
1582
3952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
63
1580
3949
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
252
429
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
19
226
401
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
21
58
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
21
58
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Venezuela
21 Genera with 58 Species
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Adaina Tutt, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Anstenoptilia Zimmerman, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Chocophorus Gielis & D.L..., 19131SpeciesTaxom
Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1758Racerunners1SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 201420SpeciesTaxom
Leptodeuterocopus Fletcher, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Lioptilodes Zimmerman, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Michaelophorus Gielis, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 20112SpeciesTaxom
Paravinculia Cåpuse, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 19972SpeciesTaxom
Postplatyptilia Gielis, 20064SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Singularia Arenberger, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Sochchora Walker, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Venezuela
58 Species
Adaina bolivari Capuse, 1987
Adaina excreta Meyrick, 1930
Adaina hodias Meyrick, 1908
Adaina pittieri Gielis, 2014
Adaina thomae Zeller, 1877
Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Anstenoptilia hugoiella Gielis, 1996
Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis B. Landry & ..., 1992
Chocophorus leptochorda Meyrick, 1913
Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cnemidophorus arubensis Lidth de Jeude, 1887
Emmelina aethes Walsingham, 1915
Emmelina buscki Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Emmelina impersonalis Walker, 1864
Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758Common Plume
Hellinsia argutus Meyrick, 1926
Hellinsia barbatus Gielis, 1996
Hellinsia batallonica Arenberger &..., 2001
Hellinsia carbonerae Gielis, 2014
Hellinsia cervicalis Meyrick, 1932
Hellinsia crescens Meyrick, 1926
Hellinsia fusciciliatus Zeller, 1877
Hellinsia macritudinis Gielis, 2014
Hellinsia meridae Gielis, 2014
Hellinsia montezerpae Arenberger &..., 2001
Hellinsia nodipes Zeller, 1877
Hellinsia obscuricilia Arenberger &..., 2001
Hellinsia paramoi Arenberger &..., 2001
Hellinsia phloeochroa Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia postnigrata Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia praealtus Walsingham, 1915
Hellinsia praenigratus Meyrick, 1921
Hellinsia spiculibursa Gielis, 1996
Hellinsia surinamensis Sepp, 1855
Hellinsia yacumbae Gielis, 2014
Leptodeuterocopus hipparchus Meyrick, 1921
Leptodeuterocopus neales Walsingham, 1915
Lioptilodes macubajia Gielis, 2014
Lioptilodes parafuscicostatus Gielis, 1996
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Michaelophorus dentiger Meyrick, 1916
Michaelophorus indentatus Meyrick, 1930
Ochyrotica mexicana Arenberger, 1990
Ochyrotica placozona Meyrick, 1921
Oidaematophorus nigrofuscus Gibeaux, 1986
Oidaematophorus papallacta Gielis, 2011
Paravinculia bolivari (Capuse, 1987)⇒ Adaina bolivari Capuse, 1987
Platyptilia anniei Gielis, 1997
Postplatyptilia carchi Gielis, 2006
Postplatyptilia corticis Gielis, 2006
Postplatyptilia corticus Gielis, 2006
Postplatyptilia nebuloarbustum Gielis, 2006
Pterophorus crescens (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Hellinsia crescens Meyrick, 1926
Singularia leptochorda Meyrick, 1913
Sochchora donatella Walker, 1864
Sochchora dotina Walsingham, 1915
Stenoptilia neblina Gielis, 1995
Stenoptilodes agricultura Gielis, 2006
Stenoptilodes heppneri Gielis, 2006

Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Venezuela
SubfamilyDeuterocopinae
Gielis, 1993
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyOchyroticinae
Wasserthal, 1970
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
18
53
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)
Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841)


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