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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
3054
5696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
229
2399
4651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
60
791
1438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
60
790
1437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
59
787
1426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
337
571
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
22
303
520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
14
24
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Transvaal
1 Family width 24 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths24SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Transvaal
14 Genera with 24 Species
Adaina Tutt, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 20092SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Gypsochares Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Oxyptilus Zeller, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 19202SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Trichoptilus Walsingham, 19121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
24 Species
Adaina gentilis Meyrick, 1911
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis potgieteri Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Cosmoclostis brachybela Fletcher, 1947
Gypsochares catharotes Meyrick, 1908
Hellinsia acuminatus Meyrick, 1920
Hellinsia colubratus (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Crassuncus colubratus Meyrick, 1909
Marasmarcha empedota Meyrick, 1908
Marasmarcha pavidus Meyrick, 1907
Marasmarcha verax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Oxyptilus erythrodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Platyptilia empedota (Walker, 1908)⇒ Marasmarcha picardi Gibeaux, 1990
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875
Pseudoxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911
Pseudoxyptilus variegatus Meyrick, 1920
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852Bottle Gourd Plume Moth
Stenoptilia longalis (Walker, 1864)⇒ Platyptilia longalis Walker, 1864
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Trichoptilus cryphias Meyrick, 1912

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Transvaal
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
14
24
Genera
Species

Taxom



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