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Checklist for Subfamily Pterophorinae Zeller, 1841 (Plume Moths)
and region Cooktown (Cape York Peninsula, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
191
1108
1487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
191
1108
1487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
181
1066
1423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
133
952
1295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
48
479
613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
48
479
613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
47
478
612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
23
177
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
18
166
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
6
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
6
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
5
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cooktown
5 Genera with 4 Species
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Trichoptilus Walsingham, 18921SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cooktown
4 Species
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Oxyptilus causodes Meyrick, 1905
Trichoptilus inclitus T.P. Lucas, 1892

Subnodes of Pterophorinae with occurrences in Cooktown
TribeExelastini
Gielis, 2000
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOxyptilini
Bigot , Gibeaux , Nel & Packard, 1998
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePterophorini
Gielis, 2003
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pterophorinae at artfakta.se
Pterophorinae at itis.gov