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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
300
2787
5094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
300
2787
5094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
287
2741
5008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
198
2406
4556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
56
1026
1966
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
56
1024
1964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
55
1020
1956
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
27
267
459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
23
234
417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
12
22
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Limpopo
1 Family width 22 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths22SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Limpopo
12 Genera with 22 Species
Agdistis Hübner, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Crassuncus Gibeaux, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Gypsochares Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 19202SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Titanoptilus Hampson, 19111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Limpopo
22 Species
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911
Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909
Gypsochares aulotes Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia acuminatus Meyrick, 1920
Hellinsia ammonias Meyrick, 1909
Marasmarcha ammonias Meyrick, 1909
Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Marasmarcha empedota Meyrick, 1908
Marasmarcha pavidus Meyrick, 1907
Marasmarcha verax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida maceratus Meyrick, 1909
Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia longalis Walker, 1864
Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875
Pseudoxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911
Pseudoxyptilus variegatus Meyrick, 1920
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Limpopo
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
12
22
Genera
Species

Taxom



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