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Checklist for Tribe Pterophorini Gielis, 2003
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1321
50475
424947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1315
50409
424765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1179
49568
420027
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
642
38200
347168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
116
10265
78499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
109
10196
78394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
100
10120
78118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
46
2682
19048
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
35
2444
17911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
69
958
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
69
958
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
55
914
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePterophorini
Gielis, 2003
8
105
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for America
8 Genera with 105 Species
Chocophorus Gielis & D.L..., 19946SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Imbophorus Arenberger, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Merrifieldia Tutt, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Patagonophorus Gielis, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 193079SpeciesTaxom
Singularia Arenberger, 189812SpeciesTaxom
Wheeleria Tutt, 18272SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
105 Species
Chocophorus alternaria Zeller, 1874
Chocophorus carabayus Arenberger, 1990
Chocophorus leptochorda Meyrick, 1913
Chocophorus mayaensis Gielis, 2011
Chocophorus solisi Gielis & Mat..., 1994
Chocophorus venedictoffi Gielis & D.L..., 1994
Cosmoclostis lamprosema Fletcher, 1947
Imbophorus aptalis Walker, 1864
Merrifieldia leucodactyla Denis & Schi..., 1775Thyme Plume
Merrifieldia malacodactylus (Zeller, 1847)⇒ Merrifieldia malacodactyla Zeller, 1847
Merrifieldia tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Merrifieldia leucodactyla Denis & Schi..., 1775
Patagonophorus murinus Gielis, 1991
Pterophorus acrias (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Oidaematophorus grisescens Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus aethes (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Emmelina aethes Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus agraphodactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Leioptilus agraphodactylus Walker, 1864
Pterophorus albilobata (McDunnough, 1939)⇒ Hellinsia albilobata McDunnough, 1939
Pterophorus angustus Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus argutus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Hellinsia argutus Meyrick, 1926
Pterophorus aspilodactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Leioptilus agraphodactylus Walker, 1864
Pterophorus baccharides (Grinnell, 1908)⇒ Hellinsia grandis Fish, 1881
Pterophorus behrii (Grinnell, 1908)⇒ Oidaematophorus grisescens Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus brucei (Fern., 1898)⇒ Oidaematophorus brucei Fernald, 1898
Pterophorus calais (Meyrick, 1930)⇒ Hellinsia calais Meyrick, 1930
Pterophorus catalinae (Grinnell, 1908)⇒ Oidaematophorus catalinae Grinnel, 1908
Pterophorus caudelli (Dyar, 1903)⇒ Hellinsia caudelli Dyar, 1903
Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus cervicalis (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Hellinsia cervicalis Meyrick, 1932
Pterophorus chionastes (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Oidaematophorus brucei Fernald, 1898
Pterophorus chionophanes (Meyrick, 1930)⇒ Hellinsia argutus Meyrick, 1926
Pterophorus chlorias (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Hellinsia chuncheonensis Kim, 2009
Pterophorus citrites (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Hellinsia citrites Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus crescens (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Hellinsia crescens Meyrick, 1926
Pterophorus cretidactylus (Fitch, 1854)⇒ Oidaematophorus cretidactylus Fitch, 1855
Pterophorus cygnus (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Geina tenuidactylus Fitch, 1854
Pterophorus delospilus (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Hellinsia delospilus Meyrick, 1921
Pterophorus discors (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Hellinsia discors Meyrick, 1913
Pterophorus emmorus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia emmorus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus epileucus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia epileucus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus fieldi (Wright, 1921)⇒ Hellinsia fieldi Wright, 1921
Pterophorus fishii (Fernald, 1893)⇒ Hellinsia fissuripuncta Gielis, 1999
Pterophorus flaveodactylus (Amary, 1840)⇒ Emmelina monodactylus Linnaeus, 1758
Pterophorus glochinias (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Hellinsia glochinias Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus gorgoniensis (Zeller, 1874)⇒ Oidaematophorus negus Gibeaux, 1994
Pterophorus grandis (Fish, 1881)⇒ Hellinsia grandis Fish, 1881
Pterophorus grisescens Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus guttatus Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus hebrus (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Hellinsia hebrus Meyrick, 1932
Pterophorus hilda (Grinnell, 1908)⇒ Oidaematophorus negus Gibeaux, 1994
Pterophorus homodactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Hellinsia huayna Gielis, 2011
Pterophorus ignifugax (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia ignifugax Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus inconditus Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus innotatalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus inquinatus Zeller, 1873
Pterophorus integratus (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Hellinsia integratus Meyrick, 1913
Pterophorus jason (Meyrick, 1930)⇒ Emmelina jason Meyrick, 1930
Pterophorus lacteodactylus (Chambers, 1873)⇒ Hellinsia lacteodactylus Chambers, 1873
Pterophorus longifrons (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia lumbaquia Gielis, 2011
Pterophorus malesanus (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Hellinsia malesanus Meyrick, 1921
Pterophorus mollis (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia mollis Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus nauarches (Meyrick, 1930)⇒ Hellinsia nauarches Meyrick, 1930
Pterophorus nephogenes (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Hellinsia nephogenes Meyrick, 1926
Pterophorus nivalis (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Hellinsia nivalis Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus occidentalis Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus ossipellis (Walsingham, 1897)⇒ Hellinsia ossipellis Walsingham, 1897
Pterophorus oxyntes (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Hellinsia oxyntes Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus palmatus (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Hellinsia palmatus Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758White Plume
Pterophorus phloeochroa (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia phloeochroa Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus pictipennis (Grinnell, 1908)⇒ Emmelina monodactylus Linnaeus, 1758
Pterophorus praeltus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia praealtus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus praenigratus (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Hellinsia praenigratus Meyrick, 1921
Pterophorus rileyi (Fernald, 1898)⇒ Oidaematophorus rileyi Fernald, 1898
Pterophorus sacrificus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Hellinsia pelodactylus Berg, 1885
Pterophorus salticola (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Hellinsia pelospilus Zeller, 1877
Pterophorus serenus (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Hellinsia balanotes Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus spermatias (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Hellinsia spermatias Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus spissa Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus stadias (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Hellinsia stadias Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus stramineus Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus sublatus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia sublatus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus subochraceus Walsingham, 1880
Pterophorus sulphureodactylus (Packard, 1873)⇒ Hellinsia sulphureodactylus Packard, 1873
Pterophorus suspiciosus (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Geina integumentum Gielis, 2006
Pterophorus tepidus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Hellinsia tepidus Meyrick, 1922
Pterophorus tetraonipennis (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia tetraonipennis Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus tinctus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia tinctus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus unicolor Barnes & McD..., 1913
Pterophorus urbanus (Walsingham, 1915)⇒ Hellinsia urbanus Walsingham, 1915
Pterophorus walsinghami (Fernald, 1898)⇒ Singularia walsinghami Fernald, 1898
Pterophorus zetes (Meyrick, 1930)⇒ Lantanophaga anellatus Rose & Pooni, 2005
Singularia alternaria Zeller, 1874
Singularia brechlini Kovtunovich ..., 2016
Singularia carabayus Arenberger, 1990
Singularia guajiro Kovtunovich ..., 2016
Singularia leptochorda Meyrick, 1913
Singularia lesya Kovtunovich ..., 2016
Singularia mayaensis Gielis, 2011
Singularia sinjaevi Kovtunovich ..., 2016
Singularia solisi Gielis & Mat..., 1994
Singularia tolima Kovtunovich ..., 2016
Singularia venedictoffi Gielis & Mat..., 1994
Singularia walsinghami Fernald, 1898
Wheeleria spilodactyla Curtis, 1827Horehound Plume Moth
Wheeleria spilodactylus (Curtis, 1827)⇒ Wheeleria spilodactyla Curtis, 1827


Links, sources and further information
Pterophorini at itis.gov