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Checklist for Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
and region Free State (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
283
1882
3253
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
282
1879
3243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
265
1827
3170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
163
1308
2273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
42
434
744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
42
433
743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
41
429
721
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
19
80
129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
16
71
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
5
17
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Free State
1 Family width 17 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths17SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Free State
5 Genera with 17 Species
Agdistis Hübner, 20158SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Merrifieldia Tutt, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18382SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Free State
17 Species
Agdistis (Tamaristis) tamaricis Zeller, 1847Tamarisk Plume
Agdistis arenbergeri Gielis, 1986
Agdistis cretifera Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis dimetra Meyrick, 1924
Agdistis kevintucki Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864
Agdistis ruhanga Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Hellinsia sordidatus Meyrick, 1912
Merrifieldia arenbergeri Ustjuzhanin ..., 2022
Merrifieldia aurea Ustjuzhanin ..., 2015
Pterophorus africanus Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)⇒ Pterophorus ischnodactylus Treitschke, 1835
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Stenoptilia longalis (Walker, 1864)⇒ Platyptilia longalis Walker, 1864
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Free State
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
5
17
Genera
Species

Taxom



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