Species list, Checklist of Tribe Pterophorini for Iraq (Near East)

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

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	232 1334 2478	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	230 1330 2474	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	222 1313 2455	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	146 950 1876	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	32 307 553	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	32 307 553	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	32 307 553	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Tineina Stainton, 1857	15 108 189	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Tineina Stainton, 1857	13 101 180	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 Plume Moths	1 11 19	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths	11 19	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Pterophorinae Zeller, 1841 Plume Moths, Pterophorinids	10 18	Genera Species	Taxom
Tribe	Pterophorini Gielis, 2003	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Iraq
2 Genera with 3 Species

Merrifieldia Tutt, 1847		1	Species	Taxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 1936		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Iraq
3 Species

Merrifieldia malacodactylus (Zeller, 1847)	⇒ Merrifieldia malacodactyla Zeller, 1847
Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)	⇒ Pterophorus ischnodactylus Treitschke, 1835
Pterophorus terrenus (Meyrick, 1936)	⇒ Marasmarcha rhypodactylus Staudinger, 1870

Links, sources and further information

Pterophorini at itis.gov