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Checklist of Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
for Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
515
7763
24724
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
7759
24718
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
493
7662
24448
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
320
6341
21595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
2080
8035
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
2077
8031
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
65
2069
8008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
30
437
977
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
23
353
801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
43
139
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tanzania
1 Family width 139 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths139SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tanzania
43 Genera with 139 Species
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Adaina Tutt, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 19204SpeciesTaxom
Amblyptilia Hübner, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Antarches Gibeaux, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Apoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 19361SpeciesTaxom
Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Capperia Tutt, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Crassuncus Gibeaux, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Crocydoscelus Walsingham, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Crombrugghia Tutt, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Eucapperia Gibeaux, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 197010SpeciesTaxom
Fletcherella Diakonoff, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19089SpeciesTaxom
Hepalastis Gibeaux, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Inferuncus Gibeaux, 19347SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Megalophipida1SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19127SpeciesTaxom
Megalorrhipida Amsel, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Nippoptilia Matsumura, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrotica Walsingham, 20082SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Paracapperia Bigot & Picard, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Paulianilus Gibeaux, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Picardia Gibeaux, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 192021SpeciesTaxom
Prichotilus Rose & Pooni, 20112SpeciesTaxom
Procapperia Adamczewski, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Pselnophorus Wallengren, 20153SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 18517SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 20085SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Titanoptilus Hampson, 19114SpeciesTaxom
Trichoptilus Walsingham, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Vietteilus Gibeaux, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Walsinghamiella Berg, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 20064SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
139 Species
Adaina kihonda Gielis, 2011
Adaina microdactyla Hübner, 1813Hemp Agrimony Plume
Adaina propria Meyrick, 1921
Agdistis kenyana Arenberger, 1988
Agdistis linnaei Gielis, 2008
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis obstinata Meyrick, 1920
Amblyptilia direptalis Walker, 1864
Amblyptilia stoltzei (Gielis, 1990)⇒ Inferuncus stolzei Gielis, 1990
Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912
Apoxyptilus anthites Meyrick, 1936
Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Bipunctiphorus etiennei (Fletcher, 1910)⇒ Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Capperia morogoroa Gielis, 2011
Crassuncus ecstaticus Meyrick, 1932
Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908
Crocydoscelus castaneum Gielis, 2011
Crombrugghia richardi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Crombrugghia wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Emmelina amseli Bigot, 1967
Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918
Eucapperia continentalis (Gielis, 2008)⇒ Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918
Eucapperia longiductus (Meyrick, 1918)⇒ Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918
Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885Pigeon pea leaf webber
Exelastis bergeri (Bigot, 1969)⇒ Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932
Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909
Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932
Exelastis hulstaerti Gielis, 2011
Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970
Fletcherella niphadarcha Meyrick, 1930
Hellinsia conscius Meyrick, 1920
Hellinsia emmelinoida Gielis, 2008
Hellinsia illutus Meyrick, 1917
Hellinsia katangae Gielis, 2009
Hellinsia madecassea Gibeaux, 1994
Hellinsia madecasseus Bigot, 1964
Hellinsia magnus Gielis, 2011
Hellinsia timidus (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908
Hepalastis pumilio Zeller, 1873
Inferuncus interpres Meyrick, 1922
Inferuncus pentheres Bigot, 1969
Inferuncus spiculivalva Gielis, 1990
Inferuncus stoltzei Gielis, 1990
Inferuncus stolzei Gielis, 1990
Inferuncus strictiformis Meyrick, 1932
Inferuncus toxochorda Meyrick, 1934
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Walker, 1864Lantana Plume Moth
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924
Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida angusta Arenberger, 2002
Megalorhipida congrualis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leptomeres Meyrick, 1886
Megalorhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912
Megalorrhipida leucodactyla Fabricius, 1793
Nippoptilia regulus Meyrick, 1906
Ochyrotica africana Bigot, 1969
Ochyrotica bjoernstadti Gielis, 2008
Oxyptilus epidectes Meyrick, 1907
Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Oxyptilus orichalcias (Meyrick, 1916)⇒ Walsinghamiella orichalcias Meyrick, 1916
Paracapperia esuriens Meyrick, 1932
Paracapperia infernus Meyrick, 1939
Paulianilus madecasseus (Bigot, 1964)⇒ Hellinsia magnus Gielis, 2011
Picardia ecstaticus (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Crassuncus ecstaticus Meyrick, 1932
Picardia eparches Meyrick, 1931
Picardia orchatias Meyrick, 1908
Platyptilia ardua McDunnough, 1927
Platyptilia benitensis (Strand, 1913)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia bullifera (Meyrick, 1918)⇒ Eucapperia bullifera Meyrick, 1918
Platyptilia dschambiya Arenberger, 1999
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia gonodactylus Denis & Schi..., 1775
Platyptilia kasulua Gielis, 2011
Platyptilia locharcha (Meyrick., 1924)⇒ Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia maligna (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969
Platyptilia melitroctis Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia molopias (Meyrick, 1906)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia morophaea Meyrick, 1920
Platyptilia odiosa Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia rhyncholoba Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia sabia Felder & Rog..., 1875
Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875
Platyptilia spiculivalva (Gielis, 1990)⇒ Inferuncus strictiformis Meyrick, 1932
Platyptilia strictiformis (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Inferuncus strictiformis Meyrick, 1932
Platyptilia suigensis Matsumura, 1931
Platyptilia superscandens Fletcher, 1940
Platyptilia thiosoma Meyrick, 1920
Prichotilus tanzanicus Gielis, 2011
Prichotilus tara Kovtunovich ..., 2011
Procapperia insomnis Townsend, 1956
Pselnophorus jaechi Arenberger, 1993
Pselnophorus meruensis (Arenberger, 1993)⇒ Pselnophorus kutisi Matthews, Gi..., 2014
Pselnophorus tanzanicus Ustjuzhanin ..., 2015
Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus bacteriopa Meyrick, 1922
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus uzungwe Gielis, 1991
Pterophorus wahlbergi Zeller, 1851
Sphenarches anisodactyla Walker, 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852Bottle Gourd Plume Moth
Stenodacma cognata Gielis, 2009
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994
Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia conicephala Gielis, 1990
Stenoptilia ionota Meyrick, 1920
Stenoptilia kiitulo Gielis, 2008
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Titanoptilus laniger (Bigot, 1969)⇒ Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Titanoptilus melanodonta Hampson, 1905
Titanoptilus procerus Bigot, 1969
Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Trichoptilus maceratus (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Vietteilus borbonica Felder & Rog..., 1875
Vietteilus vigens Felder & Rog..., 1875
Walsinghamiella leifi Gielis, 2011
Walsinghamiella niniella Gielis, 2011
Walsinghamiella orichalcias Meyrick, 1916
Walsinghamiella peterseni Gielis, 2011
Walsinghamiella prolai Gibeaux, 1994
Walsinghamiella vibrans Meyrick, 1921
Xyroptila aenea Kovtunovich ..., 2006
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969
Xyroptila masaia Kovtunovich ..., 2006
Xyroptila ruvenzori Kovtunovich ..., 2006

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Tanzania
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
43
139
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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