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Checklist for Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
71
1255
2808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
70
1251
2798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
1237
2748
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
30
398
826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
24
354
760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
19
65
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
1 Family width 65 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths65SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
19 Genera with 65 Species
Adaina Tutt, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 201026SpeciesTaxom
Amblyptilia Hübner, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Buckleria Tutt, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Crassuncus Gibeaux, 18814SpeciesTaxom
Emmelina Tutt, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Gypsochares Meyrick, 20103SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 06SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Merrifieldia Tutt, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 18674SpeciesTaxom
Pselnophorus Wallengren, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 02SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18382SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
65 Species
Adaina periarga Meyrick, 1913
Agdistis (Tamaristis) tamaricis Zeller, 1847Tamarisk Plume
Agdistis buffelsi Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis capensis Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis clara Arenberger, 1986
Agdistis cretifera Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis criocephala Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis dentalis Arenberger, 1986
Agdistis dimetra Meyrick, 1924
Agdistis endrodyi Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis gornostaevi Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis insolitus Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis kevintucki Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Agdistis lomholdti Gielis, 1990
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis malleana Arenberger, 1988
Agdistis meyi Arenberger, 2008
Agdistis mostovskii Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864
Agdistis rastri Arenberger, 2010
Agdistis reciprocans Meyrick, 1924
Agdistis sergeii Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis streltzovi Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis vansoni Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis violaceus Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Agdistis wolframi Kovtunovich ..., 2015
Agdistis yakovi Kovtunovich ..., 2010
Amblyptilia cosmodactyla Hübner, 1819
Amblyptilia direptalis Walker, 1864
Buckleria negotiosus Meyrick, 1926
Crassuncus ermakovae Kovtunovich,..., 2017
Crassuncus hawkingi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016
Crassuncus serpens Meyrick, 1909
Crassuncus tripunctatus Walsingham, 1881
Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758Common Plume
Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885Pigeon pea leaf webber
Gypsochares astragalotes Meyrick, 1909
Gypsochares catharotes Meyrick, 1908
Gypsochares londti Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Hellinsia acuminatus Meyrick, 1920
Hellinsia birichevskayae Kovtunovich ..., 2017
Hellinsia katerina Ustjuzhanin ..., 2016
Hellinsia ristoi Kovtunovich,..., 2022
Hellinsia serpens (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Hellinsia tripunctatus Walsingham, 1881
Hellinsia tripunctata
Lantanophaga amphiloga Meyrick, 1909
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Marasmarcha verax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Megalorhipida festus Meyrick, 1920
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida viduus Meyrick, 1917
Merrifieldia aurea Ustjuzhanin ..., 2015
Platyptilia amphiloga (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia longalis Walker, 1864
Platyptilia periacta (Zeller., 1867)⇒ Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Pselnophorus boldyrevae Kovtunovich ..., 2017
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches caffra
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia petraea Meyrick, 1908
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Western Cape
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
19
65
Genera
Species

Taxom



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