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Checklist for Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
and region Pennsylvania (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
554
5452
12530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
553
5449
12526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
525
5347
12273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
4526
10429
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
70
1487
3752
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
69
1486
3751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
1483
3745
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
34
428
1038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
26
381
947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
11
21
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Pennsylvania
1 Family width 21 Species
Pterophoridae (Zeller, 1841)Plume Moths21SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Pennsylvania
11 Genera with 21 Species
Amblyptilia Hübner, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Geina Tutt, 18544SpeciesTaxom
Gillmeria Tutt, 18111SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pennsylvania
21 Species
Amblyptilia pica Walsingham, 1880Geranium Plume
Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758Common Plume
Geina buscki McDunnough, 1933
Geina periscelidactylus Fitch, 1854Gartered
Geina tenuidactyla Fitch, 1855Berry Plume Moth
Geina tenuidactylus Fitch, 1854Berry Plume Moth
Gillmeria pallidactyla Haworth, 1811Yarrow Plume
Hellinsia homodactylaPlume Moth
Hellinsia homodactylus Walker, 1864Plain Plume Moth
Hellinsia inquinatus Zeller, 1873
Hellinsia kellicottii Fish, 1881Goldenrod Borer
Hellinsia lacteodactylus Chambers, 1873
Hellinsia linus Barnes & Lin..., 1921
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Oidaematophorus eupatorii Fernald, 1891Eupatorium Plume
Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley, 1869Artichoke Plume Moth
Pterophorus pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758White Plume
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches ontario McDunnough, 1927
Stenoptilia ptilodactyla (Hübner, 1813)⇒ Stenoptilia pterodactyla Linnaeus, 1761

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Pennsylvania
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
11
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



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