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Checklist for Superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979 (Plume Moths)
and region Zimbabwe (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
5522
15636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
1983
5266
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
1981
5263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
65
1975
5248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
27
580
1224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
23
495
1070
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pterophoroidea
Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov, 1979
Plume Moths
1
30
78
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zimbabwe
1 Family width 78 Species
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841Plume Moths78SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Zimbabwe
30 Genera with 78 Species
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Adaina Tutt, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Agdistis Hübner, 20094SpeciesTaxom
Amblyptilia Hübner, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Antarches Gibeaux, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Buckleria Tutt, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Crassuncus Gibeaux, 18813SpeciesTaxom
Crombrugghia Tutt, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Deuterocopus Zeller, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Exelastis Meyrick, 19707SpeciesTaxom
Gypsochares Meyrick, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Hellinsia Tutt, 19118SpeciesTaxom
Hepalastis Gibeaux, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Macrotinactis Hampson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Marasmarcha Meyrick, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Megalorhipida Amsel, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Paracapperia Bigot & Picard, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Picardia Gibeaux, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Platyptilia Hübner, 20134SpeciesTaxom
Procapperia Adamczewski, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah & al., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pterophorus Schäffer, 18518SpeciesTaxom
Sphenarches Meyrick, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Stenodacma Amsel, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilia Hübner, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Titanoptilus Hampson, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Walsinghamiella Berg, 20133SpeciesTaxom
Xyroptila Meyrick, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
78 Species
Adaina gentilis Meyrick, 1911
Agdistis malitiosa Meyrick, 1909
Agdistis meyi Arenberger, 2008
Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864
Agdistis varii Kovtunovich ..., 2009
Amblyptilia direptalis Walker, 1864
Antarches tessmanni Strand, 1912
Bipunctiphorus dimorpha D.S. Fletcher, 1910
Buckleria negotiosus Meyrick, 1926
Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911
Crassuncus timidus Meyrick, 1908
Crassuncus tripunctatus Walsingham, 1881
Crombrugghia richardi Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Exelastis atomosa Walsingham, 1885Pigeon pea leaf webber
Exelastis crepuscularis Meyrick, 1909
Exelastis crudipennis Meyrick, 1932
Exelastis montischristi Walsingham, 1897
Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913)⇒ Marasmarcha pumilio Zeller, 1873
Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970
Gypsochares aulotes Meyrick, 1911
Gypsochares londti Ustjuzhanin ..., 2010
Gypsochares pachyceros Meyrick, 1921
Hellinsia adumbratus Walsingham, 1881
Hellinsia aethiopicus Amsel, 1963
Hellinsia aldabrensis Fletcher T. B., 1910
Hellinsia invidiosus Meyrick, 1911
Hellinsia katangae Gielis, 2009
Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Hellinsia lienigiana Zeller, 1852
Hellinsia madecasseus Bigot, 1964
Hellinsia pacifica (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Crassuncus pacifica Meyrick, 1911
Hepalastis pumilio Zeller, 1873
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
Macrotinactis stenodactylus (Fletcher, 1911)⇒ Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Marasmarcha empedota Meyrick, 1908
Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924
Marasmarcha sisyrodes Meyrick, 1921
Marasmarcha verax (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Marasmarcha bonaespei Walsingham, 1881
Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Megalophipida defectalis Fabricius, 1793
Megalorhipida prolai Gibeaux, 1994
Megalorhipida subtilis Rebel, 1907
Megalorhipida tessmanni Strand, 1912
Megalorhipida vivax Meyrick, 1909
Paracapperia esuriens Meyrick, 1932
Picardia bunga Ustjuzhanin ..., 2022
Picardia eparches Meyrick, 1931
Picardia orchatias Meyrick, 1908
Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867
Platyptilia locharcha (Meyrick., 1924)⇒ Marasmarcha locharcha Meyrick, 1924
Platyptilia sabius Felder & Rog..., 1875
Platyptilia swynnertoni Ustjuzhanin ..., 2013
Procapperia insomnis Townsend, 1956
Pseudoxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911
Pterophorus albidus Zeller, 1852
Pterophorus candidalis Walker, 1864
Pterophorus ceraunia Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus dallastai Gielis, 1991
Pterophorus rhyparias Meyrick, 1907
Pterophorus spissa Bigot, 1969
Pterophorus trachyphloeus (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
Pterophorus wahlbergi Zeller, 1851
Sphenarches anisodactylus Walker., 1864Geranium Plume Moth
Sphenarches caffer Zeller, 1852Bottle Gourd Plume Moth
Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)⇒ Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia aethiopica Gibeaux, 1994
Stenoptilia aktashiensis Gibeaux, 1997
Stenoptilia zophodactylus Duponchel, 1838Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilodes taprobanes Felder & Rog..., 1875Moth
Titanoptilus melanodonta Hampson, 1905
Titanoptilus procerus Bigot, 1969
Titanoptilus stenodactylus Fletcher, 1911
Walsinghamiella orichalcias Meyrick, 1916
Walsinghamiella prolai Gibeaux, 1994
Walsinghamiella selinda Ustjuzhanin ..., 2013
Xyroptila masaia Kovtunovich ..., 2006
Xyroptila zambesi Kovtunovich ..., 2006

Subnodes of Pterophoroidea with occurrences in Zimbabwe
FamilyPterophoridae
Zeller, 1841
Plume Moths, Pterophorid Moths
30
78
Genera
Species

Taxom



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