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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
432
3970
7377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
429
3965
7370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
412
3896
7245
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
264
3041
5797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
54
1171
2156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
54
1171
2156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
52
1168
2153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
24
293
471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
20
281
454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
18
35
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Leeward Islands
1 Family width 35 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths35SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Leeward Islands
18 Genera with 35 Species
Adaina Tutt, 18776SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 18736SpeciesTaxom
Geina Tutt, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 18594SpeciesTaxom
Hepalastis Gibeaux, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Megalorrhipida Amsel, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Merrifieldia Tutt, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pselnophorus Wallengren, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18741SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Leeward Islands
35 Species
Adaina ambrosiae Murtfeldt, 1880Ambrosia Plume
Adaina bipunctata Möschler, 1890
Adaina bipunctatus Möschler, 1890
Adaina ipomoeae Bigot & Etienne, 2009Ambrosia Plume Moth
Adaina kihonda Gielis, 2011
Adaina thomae Zeller, 1877
Emmelina devriesi Landry & Gielis, 1992
Exelastis cervinicolor (Barnes & McD..., 1913)⇒ Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis gilvidorsis Hedemann, 1896
Exelastis montichristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Geina integumentum Gielis, 2006
Hellinsia arion Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Hellinsia devriesi B. Landry & ..., 1992
Hellinsia inquinatus Zeller, 1873
Hellinsia pectodactylus Staudinger, 1859Straw-Colored Plume Moth
Hepalastis pumilio Zeller, 1873
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Walker, 1864Lantana Plume Moth
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Lantanophaga tecnidion Zeller, 1877
Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Megalorhipida defectalis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Merrifieldia malacodactylus (Zeller, 1847)⇒ Merrifieldia malacodactyla Zeller, 1847
Ochyrotica fasciata Walsingham, 1891
Oidaematophorus devriesi (Landry & Gielis, 1992)⇒ Hellinsia devriesi B. Landry & ..., 1992
Oidaematophorus mathewianus Zeller, 1874Mathew´s Plume
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Pselnophorus zulu Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Pterophorus pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758White Plume
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Stenoptilodes brevipennis Zeller, 1874

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Leeward Islands
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
18
35
Genera
Species

Taxom



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