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Checklist of Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
for Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8791
39463
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8777
39440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8681
39128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
7097
34844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2469
11529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2468
11527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
66
2462
11516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
32
649
1912
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
26
544
1595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
35
108
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Congo
1 Family width 108 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths108SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Congo
35 Genera with 108 Species
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Adaina Tutt, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 19203SpeciesTaxom
Amblyptilia Hübner, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Antarches Gibeaux, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Bigotilia Gibeaux, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Buckleria Tutt, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Crassuncus Gibeaux, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Crocydoscelus Walsingham, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 197012SpeciesTaxom
Fletcherella Diakonoff, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19089SpeciesTaxom
Inferuncus Gibeaux, 19343SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Megalophipida1SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19096SpeciesTaxom
Megalorrhipida Amsel, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Paracapperia Bigot & Picard, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Paulianilus Gibeaux, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Picardia Gibeaux, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 193214SpeciesTaxom
Procapperia Adamczewski, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 192611SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 20063SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Titanoptilus Hampson, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Trichoptilus Walsingham, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Vietteilus Gibeaux, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
108 Species
Adaina microdactyla Hübner, 1813Hemp Agrimony Plume
Adaina subflavescens (Meyrick, 1930)⇒ Adaina microdactyla Hübner, 1813
Agdistis facetus Bigot, 1969
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis obstinata Meyrick, 1920
Amblyptilia direptalis Walker, 1864
Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912
Bigotilia melitroctis Meyrick, 1924
Buckleria girardi Gibeaux, 1992
Crassuncus ecstaticus Meyrick, 1932
Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908
Crocydoscelus ferrugineum Walsingham, 1897
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Emmelina amseli Bigot, 1967
Emmelina lochmaius Bigot, 1974
Exelastis bergeri (Bigot, 1969)⇒ Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932
Exelastis boireaui Bigot, 1992
Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909
Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932
Exelastis ebalensis Rebel, 1907
Exelastis hulstaerti Gielis, 2011
Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Exelastis pilum Gielis, 2009
Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970
Fletcherella heterolicma Meyrick, 1936
Fletcherella niphadarcha Meyrick, 1930
Hellinsia aethiopicus Amsel, 1963
Hellinsia bengtssoni (Gielis, 2009)⇒ Marasmarcha bengtssoni Gielis, 2009
Hellinsia devius Bigot, 1969
Hellinsia katangae Gielis, 2009
Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852
Hellinsia madecasseus Bigot, 1964
Hellinsia magnus Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia punctata Gielis, 2009
Hellinsia timidus (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908
Inferuncus pentheres Bigot, 1969
Inferuncus strictiformis Meyrick, 1932
Inferuncus toxochorda Meyrick, 1934
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Walker, 1864Lantana Plume Moth
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Marasmarcha bengtssoni Gielis, 2009
Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924
Marasmarcha proterischna Meyrick, 1935
Marasmarcha rubriacuta Gielis, 2009
Marasmarcha sisyrodes Meyrick, 1921
Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida congrualis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leptomeres Meyrick, 1886
Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912
Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909
Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Ochyrotica africana Bigot, 1969
Oxyptilus erebites (Meyrick, 1937)⇒ Trichoptilus erebites Meyrick, 1937
Paracapperia esuriens Meyrick, 1932
Paracapperia infernus Meyrick, 1939
Paulianilus madecasseus (Bigot, 1964)⇒ Hellinsia magnus Gielis, 2011
Picardia ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Crassuncus ecstaticus Meyrick, 1932
Picardia ruwenzoricus Gielis, 1991
Platyptilia amphiloga (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Platyptilia ardua McDunnough, 1927
Platyptilia benitensis (Strand, 1913)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia locharcha (Meyrick., 1924)⇒ Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920
Platyptilia odiosa Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia picta Meyrick, 1913
Platyptilia postbarbata Meyrick, 1938
Platyptilia rhyncholoba Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia romieuxi Gielis, 2009
Platyptilia rubriacuta (Gielis, 2009)⇒ Marasmarcha rubriacuta Gielis, 2009
Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875
Platyptilia strictiformis (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Inferuncus strictiformis Meyrick, 1932
Procapperia insomnis Townsend, 1956
Pterophorus africanus Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus centrocrates Meyrick, 1933
Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus dallastai Gielis, 1991
Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)⇒ Pterophorus ischnodactylus Treitschke, 1835
Pterophorus lampra Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus spissa Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches bifurcatus Gielis, 2009
Sphenarches gilloni Bigot & Boireau, 2006
Stenodacma cognata Gielis, 2009
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia bandamae Bigot, 1964
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Titanoptilus bigoti Ustjuzhanin ..., 2025
Titanoptilus laniger (Bigot, 1969)⇒ Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Titanoptilus melanodonta Hampson, 1905
Titanoptilus procerus Bigot, 1969
Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Trichoptilus cryphias Meyrick, 1912
Trichoptilus erebites Meyrick, 1937
Vietteilus vigens Felder & Rog..., 1875
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969
Xyroptila masaia Kovtunovich ..., 2006

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Congo
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
35
108
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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