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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
308
2568
4695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
307
2567
4694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
293
2521
4617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
217
2235
4301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
54
686
1107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
54
686
1107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
685
1102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
200
262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
21
168
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
8
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Zimbabwe
1 Family width 9 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths9SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Zimbabwe
8 Genera with 9 Species
Agdistis Hübner, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Zimbabwe
9 Species
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924
Marasmarcha verax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Platyptilia swynnertoni Ustjuzhanin ..., 2013
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852Bottle Gourd Plume Moth

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in South Zimbabwe
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
8
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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