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Checklist of Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
for Mozambique (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
4713
10300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
415
4711
10298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
4618
10112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
251
3825
8879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
59
1534
3273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
59
1533
3272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
58
1530
3267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
441
783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
20
382
685
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
11
14
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mozambique
1 Family width 14 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths14SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mozambique
11 Genera with 14 Species
Adaina Tutt, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Gypsochares Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pselnophorus Wallengren, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 20061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mozambique
14 Species
Adaina propria Meyrick, 1921
Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864
Cosmoclostis lamprosema Fletcher, 1947
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909
Gypsochares pachyceros Meyrick, 1921
Megalorhipida prolai Gibeaux, 1994
Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Pselnophorus pachyceros Meyrick, 1921
Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus endophaea (Meyrick, 1930)⇒ Pterophora endogramma Zeller, 1852
Xyroptila monomotapa Kovtunovich ..., 2006

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Mozambique
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
11
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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