AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
and region Gauteng (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
332
2972
5515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
331
2971
5514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
314
2913
5427
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
207
2459
4791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
61
1073
2277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
60
1071
2275
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
59
1067
2258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
30
380
824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
348
774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
12
29
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Gauteng
1 Family width 29 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths29SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Gauteng
12 Genera with 29 Species
Adaina Tutt, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Crassuncus Gibeaux, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gauteng
29 Species
Adaina gentilis Meyrick, 1911
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864
Crassuncus ambitiosus Meyrick, 1911
Crassuncus colubratus Meyrick, 1909
Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911
Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885Pigeon pea leaf webber
Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909
Exelastis ebalensis Rebel, 1907
Hellinsia ammonias Meyrick, 1909
Hellinsia furfurosus Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia invidiosus Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852
Hellinsia pacifica (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911
Marasmarcha empedota Meyrick, 1908
Marasmarcha verax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Megalorhipida varius Meyrick, 1909
Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909
Platyptilia empedota (Walker, 1908)⇒ Marasmarcha picardi Gibeaux, 1990
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875
Pseudoxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Gauteng
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
12
29
Genera
Species

Taxom



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