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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
304
2551
4672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
303
2550
4671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
290
2505
4595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
217
2225
4282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
54
683
1099
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
54
683
1099
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
682
1094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
200
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
21
168
221
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, 19051SpeciesTaxom
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
 


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