English species names of Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)

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English species names of Family Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	322 33641 568299	Families Genera Species
Family	Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths	162 3709	Genera Species


A
Ambrosia Plume	Adaina ambrosiae Murtfeldt, 1880
Ambrosia Plume Moth	Adaina participata Murtfeldt, 1880
Ambrosia Plume Moth	Adaina ambrosiae Murtfeldt, 1880
Ambrosia Plume Moth	Adaina ipomoeae Bigot & Etienne, 2009
Arizona Striped Whiptail	Cnemidophorus inornatus Baird, 1859
Arizona Striped Whiptail	Cnemidophorus arizonae Van Denburgh, 1896
Artichoke Plume	Platyptilia carduidactylus Riley, 1869
Artichoke Plume Moth	Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley, 1869
Artichoke Plume Moth	Platyptilia carduidactylus Riley, 1869
Artichoke Plume Moth	Platyptilia hesperis Riley, 1869
Aruba Whiptail	Cnemidophorus arubensis Lidth de Jeude, 1887

B
Baccharis Borer	Oidaematophorus balanotes Meyrick, 1908
Baccharis Borer	Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908
Baccharis Borer Plume Moth	Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908
Beautiful Plume	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Hübner, 1813
Belding's Orange-throated Whiptail	Cnemidophorus hyperythrus Cope, 1863
Belfrages Plume Moth	Pselnophorus belfragei Fish, 1881
Belfrage´s Plume Moth	Pselnophorus belfragei Fish, 1881
Berry Plume Moth	Geina tenuidactyla Fitch, 1855
Berry Plume Moth	Geina tenuidactylus Fitch, 1854
Berry Plume Moth	Pterophorus cygnus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921
Blue Racerunner	Cnemidophorus lemniscatus Linnaeus, 1758
Bottle Gourd Plume Moth	Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852
Breckland Plume	Crombrugghia distans Zeller, 1847
Breckland Plume	Oxyptilus distans Zeller, 1847
Brindled Plume	Amblyptilia punctidactyla Haworth, 1811
Brown leaffolder	Ochyrotica concursa Walsingham, 1891
Brown Plume	Stenoptilia pterodactyla Linnaeus, 1761
Brown Plume Moth	Amblyptilia falcatalis Walker, 1864
Brown Plume Moth	Platyptilia falcatalis Walker, 1864
Brown Plume Moth	Platyptilia haasti Walker, 1864

C
Cacao Plume Moth	Michaelophorus nubilus Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
Cacao Plume Moth	Platyptilia virilis Meyrick, 1916
Calendula Plume Moth	Platyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908
California Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tigris van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
Cambrian House Plume Moth	Agdistis cambriana Arenberger, Beard & Karisch, 2016
Canyon Spotted Whiptail	Cnemidophorus burti Taylor, 1938
Cape Orange-throated Whiptail	Cnemidophorus hyperythrus Cope, 1863
Chalky Plume	Oidaematophorus cretidactylus Fitch, 1855
Checkered Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tesselatus Say in James, 1823
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail	Cnemidophorus exsanguis Lowe, 1956
Chlorias Plume Moth	Pterophorus chlorias Meyrick, 1908
Chlorias Plume Moth	Hellinsia chlorias Meyrick, 1908
Citron Plume	Euleioptilus carphodactyla Hübner, 1813
Citron plume	Hellinsia carphodactyla Hübner, 1813
Cliff Plume	Agdistis meridionalis Zeller, 1847
Coastal Western Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tigris van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
Coastal Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tigris van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
Colee's Racerunner	Cnemidophorus pseudolemniscatus COLE & DESSAUER, 1993
Colorado Checkered Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tesselatus Say in James, 1823
Common Checkered Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tesselatus Say in James, 1823
Common Plume	Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758
Cosmopolitan Plume Moth	Stenoptilia zophodactyla Duponchel, 1840
Coyote Brush Borer Plume Moth	Pterophorus grandis Fish, 1881
Coyote Brush Borer Plume Moth	Hellinsia grandis Fish, 1881
Coyote Brush Borer Plume Moth	Pterophorus baccharides Grinnell, 1908
Coyote Brush Borer Plume Moth	Oidaematophorus grandis Fish, 1881
Crescent Plume	Marasmarcha lunaedactyla Haworth, 1811
Cryptic Racerunner	Cnemidophorus cryptus Cole and Dessauer, 1993
Curaçao Whiptail	Cnemidophorus murinus Laurenti, 1768

D
Desert Grassland Whiptail	Cnemidophorus uniparens Wright and Lowe, 1965
Dingy White Plume	Merrifieldia baliodactyla Zeller, 1841
Dingy White Plume	Merrifieldia baliodactylus Zeller, 1841
Dowdy Plume	Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838
Dowdy Plume	Stenoptilia zophodactyla Duponchel, 1840
Downland Plume	Oxyptilus pilosellae Zeller, 1841
Dusky Plume	Oidaematophorus lithodactyla Treitschke, 1833

E
Eastern Marbled Whiptail	Cnemidophorus marmoratus Baird and Girard, 1852
Eastern Six-lined Racerunner	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Linnaeus, 1766
Eupatorium Plume	Oidaematophorus eupatorii Fernald, 1891
Eupatorium Plume Moth	Oidaematophorus eupatorii Fernald, 1891
European Sundew Moth	Trichoptilus paludicola Zeller, 1841
European Sundew Moth	Buckleria paludum Zeller, 1841
European Sundew Plume	Buckleria paludum Zeller, 1841
European Sundew Plume Moth	Buckleria paludum Zeller, 1841

G
Gartered	Geina periscelidactylus Fitch, 1854
Gentian Plume	Stenoptilia pneumonanthes BÜTTNER, 1880
Geranium Plume	Amblyptilia pica Walsingham, 1880
Geranium Plume Moth	Sphenarches anisodactyla Walker, 1864
Geranium Plume Moth	Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864
Geranium Plume Moth	Sphenarches chroesus Walker, 1864
Geranium Plume Moth	Sphenarches synophrys Walker, 1864
Geranium Plume Moth	Amblyptilia pica Walsingham, 1880
Giant Spotted Whiptail	Cnemidophorus burti Taylor, 1938
Giant Whiptail	Cnemidophorus motaguae Sackett, 1941
Gila Spotted Whiptail	Cnemidophorus flagellicaudus Lowe and Wright, 1964
Golden-rod Plume	Platyptilia calodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Goldenrod Borer	Hellinsia kellicottii Fish, 1881
Goldenrod Borer	Oidaematophorus kellicottii Fish, 1881
Goldenrod Borer Plume Moth	Hellinsia kellicottii Fish, 1881
Goldenrod Borer Plume Moth	Hellinsia kellicotttii Fish, 1881
Goldenrod Plume	Platyptilia calodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Goldenrod Plume	Hellinsia kellicottii Fish, 1881
Grape Boring Plume Moth	Oxyptilus regulus Meyrick, 1906
Grape clear-wing moth	Nippoptilia vitis Sasaki, 1913
Grape plume moth	Pterophorus periscelidactylus Fitch, 1854
Grape Plume Moth	Geina periscelidactyla Fitch, 1855
Grape Plume Moth	Nippoptilia vitis Sasaki, 1913
Grape Plume Moth	Geina periscelidactylus Fitch, 1854
Grape-vine Plume	Geina periscelidactylus Fitch, 1854
Gray-checkered Whiptail	Cnemidophorus dixoni Scudday, 1973
Great Basin Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tigris van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
Gregson's Plume	Stenoptilia scabiodactylus Gregson, 1869
Gregson´s Plume	Stenoptilia scabiodactyla Gregson, 1871
Groundsel Plume Moth	Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908
Groundsel stemboring moth	Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908

H
Hellinsia serenus	Pterophorus serenus Meyrick, 1913
Hemp Agrimony Plume	Adaina microdactyla Hübner, 1813
Hemp-agrimony Plume	Adaina microdactyla Hübner, 1813
Hieracium Plume Moth	Oxyptilus pilosellae Zeller, 1841
Himmelman′s Plume Moth	Geina tenuidactyla Fitch, 1855
Himmelman'S Plume Moth	Geina tenuidactylus Fitch, 1854
Himmelman´s Plume Moth	Geina tenuidactyla Fitch, 1855
Himmelman´s Plume Moth	Geina tenuidactylus Fitch, 1854
Hoary Plume	Platyptilia isodactylus Zeller, 1852
Hoary plume moth	Oidaematophorus balsamorrhizae McDunnough, 1939
Horehound Plume	Wheeleria spilodactylus Curtis, 1827
Horehound Plume	Pterophorus spilodactylus Curtis, 1827
Horehound Plume Moth	Wheeleria spilodactyla Curtis, 1827
Horehound Plume Moth	Wheeleria spilodactylus Curtis, 1827
Horehound Plume Moth	Pterophorus spilodactylus Curtis, 1827

I
Irish Plume	Platyptilia tesseradactyla Linnaeus, 1791

J
Joe Pye Plume Moth	Oidaematophorus eupatorii Fernald, 1891

L
Lantana Plume Moth	Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Walker, 1864
Lantana Plume Moth	Lantanophaga pusillidactylus Walker, 1864
Lantana Plume Moth	Platyptilia teleacma Meyrick, 1932
Lantana Plume Moth	Platyptilia amphiloga Meyrick, 1909
Laredo Striped Whiptail	Cnemidophorus laredoensis McKinney Kay and Anderson, 1973
Large grape plume moth	Platyptilia ignifera Meyrick, 1908
Laurent's Whiptail	Cnemidophorus murinus Laurenti, 1768
Little Striped Whiptail	Cnemidophorus inornatus Baird, 1859
Lobed Plume Moth	Dejongia lobidactylus Fitch, 1855
Long-winged Plume	Dejongia lobidactylus Fitch, 1855

M
Marbled Whiptail	Cnemidophorus marmoratus Baird and Girard, 1852
Maria Island Ground Lizard	Cnemidophorus vanzoi Baskin and Williams, 1966
Maria Islands Whiptail	Cnemidophorus vanzoi Baskin and Williams, 1966
Marion's Plume Moth	Agdistis marionae Arenberger, Beard, Hasenfuss & Karisch, 2012
Marsh Plume	Buckleria paludum Zeller, 1841
Mathew´s Plume	Oidaematophorus mathewianus Zeller, 1874
Melanoptilia arsenica	Platyptilia arsenica Meyrick, 1921
Mexican Plateau Spotted Whiptail	Cnemidophorus septemvittatus Cope, 1892
Morning Glory Plume	Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758
Morning-glory Plume Moth	Emmelina monodactylus Linnaeus, 1758
Morning-glory Plume Moth	Pterophorus pictipennis Grinnell, 1908
Morning-glory Plume Moth	Pterophorus flaveodactylus Amary, 1840
Morning-glory Plume Moth	Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758
Moth	Stenoptilodes littoralis Butler, 1882
Moth	Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
Moth	Hellinsia beneficus Yano & Heppner, 1983
Moth	Lantanophaga pusillidactylus Walker, 1864
Moth	Lioptilodes albistriolatus Zeller, 1871
Moth	Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla Dyar, 1903
Mountain Plume	Stenoptilia islandica Staudinger, 1857
Mountain Plume	Stenoptilia islandicus Staudinger, 1857
Mugwort Plume	Hellinsia lienigianus Zeller, 1852

N
New Mexican Whiptail	Cnemidophorus neomexicanus Lowe and Zweifel, 1952
New Mexico Whiptail	Cnemidophorus neomexicanus Lowe and Zweifel, 1952
Northern Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tigris van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921

O
Orange-throated Whiptail	Cnemidophorus hyperythrus Cope, 1863

P
Pai Striped Whiptail	Cnemidophorus pai Wright and Lowe, 1993
Pigeon pea leaf webber	Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885
Plain Plume	Euleioptilus tephradactyla Hübner, 1813
Plain Plume	Hellinsia tephradactyla Hübner, 1813
Plain Plume Moth	Hellinsia homodactylus Walker, 1864
Plateau Striped Whiptail	Cnemidophorus septemvittatus Cope, 1892
Plateau Striped Whiptail	Cnemidophorus velox Springer, 1928
Platyptiliines	Platyptiliinae Tutt, 1906
Plume Moth	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Hübner, 1813
Plume Moth	Hellinsia homodactyla
Plume moth	Megalorhipida leucodactylus Fabricius, 1794
Plume Moths	Pterophorinae Zeller, 1841
Prairie Racerunner	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Linnaeus, 1766
Pterophorinids	Pterophorinae Zeller, 1841

R
Racerunners	Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1830
Ragweed Plume Moth	Adaina participata Murtfeldt, 1880
Ragweed Plume Moth	Adaina ambrosiae Murtfeldt, 1880
Ragwort Crown-Boring Plume Moth	Platyptilia isodactyla Zeller, 1852
Ragwort Crown-Boring Plume Moth	Platyptilia isodactylus Zeller, 1852
Ragwort Crown-Boring Plume Moth	Platyptilia brunneodactyla Zeller, 1852
Ragwort Plume Moth	Platyptilia brunneodactyla Zeller, 1852
Ragwort Plume Moth	Platyptilia isodactyla Zeller, 1852
Ragwort Plume Moth	Platyptilia isodactylus Zeller, 1852
Rainbow Lizard	Cnemidophorus lemniscatus Linnaeus, 1758
Rainbow Whiptail	Cnemidophorus lemniscatus Linnaeus, 1758
Red gram plume moth	Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885
Reed-bed Plume	Emmelina argoteles Meyrick, 1922
Reedbed Plume	Emmelina argoteles Meyrick, 1922
Rose Plume	Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Rose Plume Moth	Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

S
Saint Lucian Whiptail	Cnemidophorus vanzoi Baskin and Williams, 1966
Saltmarsh Plume	Agdistis bennetii Curtis, 1833
Saxifrage Plume	Stenoptilia millieridactyla Bruand, 1861
Saxifrage Plume	Stenoptilia millieridactylus Bruand, 1861
Scarce Golden-rod Plume	Hellinsia chrysocomae Ragonot, 1875
Scarce Goldenrod Plume	Hellinsia chrysocomae Ragonot, 1875
Scarce Light Plume	Crombrugghia laetus Zeller, 1847
Scarce Light Plume	Oxyptilus laetus Zeller, 1847
Scarce Plume	Stenoptilia inopinata Zeller, 1847
Scarse Goldenrod Plume Moth	Hellinsia chrysocomae Ragonot, 1875
Scarse Goldenrod Plume Moth	Oidaematophorus bowesi Ragonot, 1875
Sea-side Plume	Agdistis staticis Zeller, 1847
Sea-side Plume	Agdistis clivicola Zeller, 1847
Sea-side Plume	Agdistis delicatulella Chrétien, 1917
Sea-side Plume	Agdistis meridionalis Zeller, 1847
Sea-side Plume	Agdistis portlandica Zeller, 1847
Sea-side Plume	Agdistis prolai Zeller, 1847
Sheppards Plume Moth	Geina sheppardi B. Landry, 1989
Sheppard´s Plume Moth	Geina sheppardi B. Landry, 1989
Short-winged Plume	Pselnophorus heterodactyla Müller, 1764
Six-lined Racerunner	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Linnaeus, 1766
Slender-lobed Plume	Geina tenuidactylus Fitch, 1854
Small Golden-rod Plume	Hellinsia osteodactylus Zeller, 1841
Small Goldenrod Plume	Hellinsia osteodactylus Zeller, 1841
Small grape plume moth	Nippoptilia vitis Sasaki, 1913
Small Plume	Oxyptilus parvidactyla Haworth, 1811
Small Plume	Oxyptilus parvidactylus Haworth, 1811
Small Scabious Plume	Stenoptilia annadactyla Sutter, 1988
Snap-dragon Plume	Stenoptilia aridus Zeller, 1847
Snap-dragon Plume	Stenoptilia gallobritannidactylus Gibeaux, 1985
Snapdragon Plume Moth	Stenoptilodes antirrhina Lange, 1940
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail	Cnemidophorus sonorae Lowe and Wright, 1964
South American Whiptail	Cnemidophorus lemniscatus Linnaeus, 1758
Southeastern Colorado Whiptail	Cnemidophorus neotesselatus Walker Cordes and Taylor, 1997
Southern Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tigris van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
Spiderling Plume Moth	Megalorhipida leucodactylus Fabricius, 1794
Spotted White Plume	Porrittia galactodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Spotted White Plume	Pterophorus galactodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Starfruit Flowermoth	Diacrotricha fasciola Zeller, 1852
Straw-Colored Plume Moth	Hellinsia pectodactylus Staudinger, 1859
Sundew Plume	Buckleria paludum Zeller, 1841
Sundew Plume Moth	Buckleria parvulus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921
Sundew Plume Moth	Trichoptilus parvulus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921
Sunflower Plume Moth	Hellinsia helianthi Walsingham, 1880

T
T-Moth	Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758
T-Moth	Emmelina monodactylus Linnaeus, 1758
T-Moth	Pterophorus pictipennis Grinnell, 1908
T-Moth	Pterophorus flaveodactylus Amary, 1840
Tamarisk Plume	Agdistis tamaricis Zeller, 1847
Tansy plume	Gillmeria tetradactyla Linnaeus, 1761
Tansy Plume	Platyptilia ochrodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Tansy plume	Gillmeria ochrodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Texas Spotted Whiptail	Cnemidophorus gularis Baird and Girard, 1852
Thyme Plume	Merrifieldia leucodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Trans-pecos Striped Whiptail	Cnemidophorus inornatus Baird, 1859
Triangle Plume	Platyptilia gonodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Triploid Checkered Whiptail	Cnemidophorus neotesselatus Walker Cordes and Taylor, 1997
Tropical Featherwing	Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864
Twin-spot Plume	Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla Scopoli, 1763

V
Vanzo's Whiptail	Cnemidophorus vanzoi Baskin and Williams, 1966
Venezuelan Island Whiptail	Cnemidophorus nigricolor Peters, 1873

W
Western Marbled Whiptail	Cnemidophorus marmoratus Baird and Girard, 1852
Western Thyme Plume	Merrifieldia tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758
Western Whiptail	Cnemidophorus tigris van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
Whiptail lizards	Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1830
White Plume	Pterophorus pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
White Plume Moth	Pterophorus pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
White Plume Moth	Pterophorus pentadactylus Linnaeus, 1758
Wood Sage Plume	Capperia britanniodactylus Gregson, 1869
Wood-sage Plume	Capperia britanniodactyla Gregson, 1869
Wood-sage Plume	Capperia britanniodactylus Gregson, 1869
Wormwood Plume	Ovendenia lienigianus Zeller, 1852
Wormwood Plume	Hellinsia lienigianus Zeller, 1852

X
Xerodes plume moth	Stangeia xerodes Meyrick, 1886

Y
Yarrow Plume	Platyptilia pallidactyla Haworth, 1811
Yarrow Plume	Gillmeria pallidactyla Haworth, 1811
Yarrow Plume Moth	Gillmeria pallidactyla Haworth, 1811

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