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Checklist for Tribe Pterophorini Gielis, 2003
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
4923
29836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
4919
29827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
83
4908
29785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
40
1475
6713
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
32
1237
5812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
60
395
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
60
395
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPterophorinae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorinids
55
355
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePterophorini
Gielis, 2003
4
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
4 Genera with 28 Species
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 19475SpeciesTaxom
Diacrotricha Zeller, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Merrifieldia Tutt, 20113SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 185119SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
28 Species
Cosmoclostis bivalva Gielis, 2011
Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher, 1947
Cosmoclostis chalconota Fletcher, 1947
Cosmoclostis gorbunovi Kovtunovich ..., 2011
Cosmoclostis lamprosema Fletcher, 1947
Diacrotricha lanceatus Arenberger, 1986
Merrifieldia improvisa Arenberger, 2001
Merrifieldia leucodactyla Denis & Schi..., 1775Thyme Plume
Merrifieldia lonnvei Gielis, 2011
Pterophorus africanus Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus bacteriopa Meyrick, 1922
Pterophorus baliolus Bigot & Luquet, 1991
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus cleronoma Meyrick, 1920
Pterophorus dallastai Gielis, 1991
Pterophorus endophaea (Meyrick, 1930)⇒ Pterophora endogramma Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus lampra Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus lindneri Amsel, 1963
Pterophorus massai Gielis, 1991
Pterophorus pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758White Plume
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus spissa Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus uzungwe Gielis, 1991
Pterophorus viettei (Bigot, 1964)⇒ Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus wahlbergi Zeller, 1851


Links, sources and further information
Pterophorini at itis.gov