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Checklist of Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
for Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
526
6183
14457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
523
6178
14450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
501
6074
14217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
315
4618
11439
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
1716
4057
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
1714
4055
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
66
1712
4052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
34
588
1549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
27
548
1446
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
30
79
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sri Lanka
1 Family width 79 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths79SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sri Lanka
30 Genera with 79 Species
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Adaina Tutt, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Agdistopis Hampson, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Amblyptilia Hübner, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Asiaephorus Gielis, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Buckleria Tutt, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 190710SpeciesTaxom
Diacrotricha Zeller, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 20117SpeciesTaxom
Hepalastis Gibeaux, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Heptaloba Walsingham, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Nippoptila1SpeciesTaxom
Nippoptilia Matsumura, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 19096SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Procapperia Adamczewski, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 18517SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 19056SpeciesTaxom
Stangeia Tutt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 19084SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Trichoptilus Walsingham, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 20064SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
79 Species
Adaina microdactyla Hübner, 1813Hemp Agrimony Plume
Agdistis nanodes Meyrick, 1906
Agdistopis petrochroa (Fletcher, 1909)⇒ Agdistopis sinhala Fletcher, 1909
Agdistopis sinhala Fletcher, 1909
Amblyptilia direptalis Walker, 1864
Asiaephorus ganesha Kovtunovich ..., 2003
Asiaephorus meyricki Kovtunovich ..., 2003
Asiaephorus sythoffi Snellen, 1903
Buckleria paludum Zeller, 1841European Sundew Moth
Cosmoclostis leucomochla Fletcher, 1947
Cosmoclostis pesseuta Meyrick, 1906
Deuterocopus atrapex Fletcher, 1910
Deuterocopus dorites (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Deuterocopus ritsemae Walsingham, 1884
Deuterocopus lophopteryx (Fletcher, 1910)⇒ Deuterocopus papuaensis Gielis & de Vos, 2006
Deuterocopus melanota Fletcher, 1910
Deuterocopus papuaensis Gielis & de Vos, 2006
Deuterocopus planeta Meyrick, 1908
Deuterocopus ritsemae Walsingham, 1884
Deuterocopus rubrodactylus (Walsingham, 1884)⇒ Deuterocopus ritsemae Walsingham, 1884
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Deuterocopus viticola (Rebel, 1907)⇒ Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Diacrotricha fasciola Zeller, 1852Starfruit Flowermoth
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852
Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852
Hellinsia nuwara Kovtunovich, 2001
Hellinsia sematias Meyrick, 1908
Hellinsia serindibanus Moore, 1887
Hellinsia shillongi Kovtunovich, 2003
Hellinsia shyri Gielis, 2011
Hepalastis pumilio Zeller, 1873
Heptaloba argyriodactylus Walker, 1864
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida oxydactylus Walker, 1864
Nippoptila regulus Meyrick, 1906
Nippoptilia regulus Meyrick, 1906
Ochyrotica concursa Walsingham, 1891Brown leaffolder
Oidaematophorus sematias (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Hellinsia shyri Gielis, 2011
Oxyptilus anisodactyla (Walker, 1864)⇒ Sphenarches anisodactyla Walker, 1864
Oxyptilus causodes Meyrick, 1905
Oxyptilus chordites (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Oxyptilus regalis Fletcher, 1909
Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Oxyptilus regalis Fletcher, 1909
Oxyptilus vaughani (Fletcher, 1909)⇒ Xyroptila zambesi Kovtunovich ..., 2006
Platyptilia citropleura Meyrick, 1908
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Platyptilia molopias (Meyrick, 1906)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Procapperia pelecyntes Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus ceylonicus Ustjuzhanin ..., 2015
Pterophorus leucadactylus Walker, 1864
Pterophorus melanopoda T.B. Fletcher, 1907
Pterophorus melanopodus T.B. Fletcher, 1907
Pterophorus niveodactyla Pagenstecher, 1900
Pterophorus sematias (Meyrick, 1907)⇒ Hellinsia shyri Gielis, 2011
Pterophorus wahlbergi Zeller, 1851
Sphenarches anisodactyla Walker, 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches bilineatus Yano, 1963
Sphenarches chroesus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Sphenarches anisodactyla Walker, 1864
Sphenarches synophrys (Walker, 1864)⇒ Sphenarches anisodactyla Walker, 1864
Sphenarches zanclistes Meyrick, 1905
Stangeia xerodes Meyrick, 1886Xerodes plume moth
Stenodacma pyrrhodes Meyrick, 1889
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia admiranda Yano, 1963
Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994
Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia petraea Meyrick, 1908
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Trichoptilus dryites (Meyrick, 1936)⇒ Stenoptilia admiranda Yano, 1963
Trichoptilus esakii (Hori, 1936)⇒ Stenoptilia admiranda Yano, 1963
Trichoptilus regalis Fletcher, 1909
Xyroptila oenophanes Meyrick, 1908
Xyroptila oksana Kovtunovich ..., 2006
Xyroptila vaughani Fletcher, 1909
Xyroptila zambesi Kovtunovich ..., 2006

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Sri Lanka
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
30
79
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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