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Checklist for Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
and region Jamaica (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
365
2609
4525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
364
2608
4523
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
2557
4450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
219
1949
3371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
46
750
1341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
46
750
1341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
46
750
1341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
19
205
346
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
14
197
336
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
13
20
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Jamaica
1 Family width 20 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths20SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Jamaica
13 Genera with 20 Species
Adaina Tutt, 19924SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Geina Tutt, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Hepalastis Gibeaux, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Postplatyptilia Gielis, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 19131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Jamaica
20 Species
Adaina ambrosiae Murtfeldt, 1880Ambrosia Plume
Adaina buscki (Barnes & Lin..., 1921)⇒ Geina buscki McDunnough, 1933
Adaina ipomoeae Bigot & Etienne, 2009Ambrosia Plume Moth
Adaina parainvida Gielis, 1992
Emmelina buscki Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758Common Plume
Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Geina buscki McDunnough, 1933
Hellinsia agraphodactylus Walker, 1864
Hellinsia nivalis Meyrick, 1908
Hellinsia urbanus Walsingham, 1915
Hepalastis pumilio Zeller, 1873
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Ochyrotica fasciata Walsingham, 1891
Postplatyptilia antillae Gielis, 2006
Pterophorus nivalis (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Hellinsia nivalis Meyrick, 1908
Stenoptilia pallistriga Barnes & McD..., 1913

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Jamaica
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
13
20
Genera
Species

Taxom



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