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Checklist for Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
and region Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
257
1635
3299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
256
1633
3296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
244
1595
3225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
162
1360
2888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
37
543
1063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
37
543
1063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
37
543
1063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
17
164
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
15
158
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
12
26
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Comoro Islands
1 Family width 26 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths26SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Comoro Islands
12 Genera with 26 Species
Antarches Gibeaux, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19947SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19943SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 19972SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Titanoptilus Hampson, 19114SpeciesTaxom
Walsinghamiella Berg, 19941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comoro Islands
26 Species
Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912
Exelastis bergeri (Bigot, 1969)⇒ Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932
Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932
Exelastis luqueti Gibeaux, 1994
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Exelastis robinsoni Gibeaux, 1994
Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Exelastis viettei Gibeaux, 1994
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida palaestinensis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida prolai Gibeaux, 1994
Ochyrotica moheliensis Gibeaux, 1994
Ochyrotica rufa Arenberger, 1987
Platyptilia comorensis Gibeaux, 1994
Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus wahlbergi Zeller, 1851
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994
Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Titanoptilus laniger (Bigot, 1969)⇒ Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Titanoptilus melanodonta Hampson, 1905
Titanoptilus procerus Bigot, 1969
Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Walsinghamiella prolai Gibeaux, 1994

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Comoro Islands
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
12
26
Genera
Species

Taxom



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