Checklist of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
for Windward Islands (Antilles)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 351
2489
4261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 349
2487
4259 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 341
2455
4211 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 230
1975
3494 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 43
463
716 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 43
463
716 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 43
463
716 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 19
97
129 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 17
94
126 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
9
13 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths | 9
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Windward Islands
9 Genera with 13 Species
Species list for Windward Islands
13 Species | Adaina ipomoeae Bigot & Etienne, 2009 | Ambrosia Plume Moth | | Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897 | | | Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) | ⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873 | | Hellinsia agraphodactylus Walker, 1864 | | | Hellinsia ossipellis Walsingham, 1897 | | | Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) | ⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003 | | Megalorhipida compsochares Meyrick, 1886 | | | Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793 | | Ochyrotica fasciata Walsingham, 1891 | | | Postplatyptilia caribica Gielis, 2006 | | | Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864 | Geranium Plume Moth | | Stenoptilia pallistriga Barnes & McD..., 1913 | | | Stenoptilia ptilodactyla (Hübner, 1813) | ⇒ Stenoptilia pterodactyla Linnaeus, 1761 |
Subnodes of Pterophoridae with occurrences in Windward Islands
 | | Pterophoridae (Zeller 1841) |
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