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Checklist of Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
for Pretoria (Gauteng)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
208
1343
1997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
208
1343
1997
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
199
1320
1968
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
147
1145
1761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
52
459
812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
52
458
811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
51
457
809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
26
204
386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
21
196
375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
11
20
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Pretoria
1 Family width 20 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths20SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Pretoria
11 Genera with 20 Species
Adaina Tutt, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Crassuncus Gibeaux, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19114SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pretoria
20 Species
Adaina gentilis Meyrick, 1911
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Crassuncus ambitiosus Meyrick, 1911
Crassuncus colubratus Meyrick, 1909
Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885Pigeon pea leaf webber
Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909
Hellinsia furfurosus Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia invidiosus Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852
Hellinsia pacifica (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911
Marasmarcha empedota Meyrick, 1908
Marasmarcha verax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Megalorhipida varius Meyrick, 1909
Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909
Platyptilia empedota (Walker, 1908)⇒ Marasmarcha picardi Gibeaux, 1990
Pseudoxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Pretoria
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
11
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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