Checklist of Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
for Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 267
1550
2024 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 200
1397
1873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 50
338
479 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 50
337
478 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 48
330
460 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 26
148
198 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 21
141
189 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths | 1
8
12 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Town
1 Family width 12 Species
Genera for Cape Town
8 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Cape Town
12 Species | Agdistis (Tamaristis) tamaricis Zeller, 1847 | Tamarisk Plume | | Agdistis capensis Kovtunovich ..., 2010 | | | Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864 | | | Amblyptilia cosmodactyla Hübner, 1819 | | | Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885 | Pigeon pea leaf webber | | Gypsochares astragalotes Meyrick, 1909 | | | Gypsochares catharotes Meyrick, 1908 | | | Hellinsia tripunctata | | | Megalorhipida festus Meyrick, 1920 | | | Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | | Platyptilia periacta (Zeller., 1867) | ⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 | | Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926) | ⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908 |
Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Cape Town
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