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Checklist of Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
4744
11078
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
4729
11035
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
4620
10820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
261
3767
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
62
1218
2857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
62
1217
2856
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
60
1214
2851
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
450
1039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
24
412
984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
16
45
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Namibia
1 Family width 45 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths45SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Namibia
16 Genera with 45 Species
Adaina Tutt, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 200116SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Megalophipida1SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19097SpeciesTaxom
Megalorrhipida Amsel, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Procapperia Adamczewski, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Titanoptilus Hampson, 19111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
45 Species
Adaina periarga Meyrick, 1913
Agdistis clara Arenberger, 1986
Agdistis cretifera Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis criocephala Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis damara Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis danutae Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis jansei Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis kevintucki Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis lomholdti Gielis, 1990
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis namibiana Arenberger, 1988
Agdistis pala Arenberger, 1986
Agdistis piccolo Gielis, 1990
Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864
Agdistis spinosa Arenberger, 1986
Agdistis swakopi Arenberger, 2009
Agdistis tsumkwe Arenberger, 2001
Deuterocopus alopecodes Meyrick, 1911
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909
Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia brandbergi Arenberger, 2004
Hellinsia katerina Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016
Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Marasmarcha verax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida congrualis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leptomeres Meyrick, 1886
Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida palaestinensis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida varius Meyrick, 1909
Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909
Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Procapperia insomnis Townsend, 1956
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852Bottle Gourd Plume Moth
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Namibia
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
16
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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