Pterophorinae

Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.^[1][2][3]

Pterophorinae
Exelastis pumilio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Subfamily:	Pterophorinae Zeller, 1841
Genera and species
See text

Tribes and genera

As of version 1.1.23.125^[update], the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following tribes and genera for subfamily Pterophorinae:^[4]

Stangeia xerodes
(Pterophorinae: Oxyptilini)

• Tribe Marasmarchini Tutt, 1906 (=Exelastini Gielis, 2000)
  • Genus Arcoptilia Arenberger, 1985
  • Genus Exelastis Meyrick, 1908
  • Genus Fuscoptilia Arenberger, 1991
  • Genus Marasmarcha Meyrick, 1886
  • Genus Parafuscoptilia Hao & Li, 2005
• Tribe Oidaematophorini Bigot, Gibeaux, Nel & Picard, 1998
  • Genus Adaina Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Crassuncus Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Emmelina Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Gypsochares Meyrick, 1890
  • Genus Hellinsia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Helpaphorus Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 1862
  • Genus Picardia Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Pselnophorus Wallengren, 1881
  • Genus Puerphorus Arenberger, 1990
  • Genus Setosipennula Gibeaux, 1994
• Tribe Oxyptilini Bigot, Gibeaux, Nel & Picard, 1998
  • Genus Apoxyptilus Alipanah, Sari, Sarafrat, Gielis & Manzari, 2010
  • Genus Buckleria Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Capperia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Crombrugghia Tutt, 1906
  • Genus Dejongia Gielis, 1993
  • Genus Eucapperia Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Geina Tutt, 1906
  • Genus Intercapperia Arenberger, 1988
  • Genus Megalorhipida Amsel, 1935
  • Genus Oxyptilus Zeller, 1841
  • Genus Paracapperia Bigot & Picard, 1986
  • Genus Prichotilus Rose and Pooni, 2005
  • Genus Procapperia Adamczewski, 1951
  • Genus Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah, Sari, Sarafrat, Gielis & Manzari, 2010
  • Genus Sphenarches Meyrick, 1886
  • Genus Stangeia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Stenodacma Amsel, 1959
  • Genus Tomotilus Yano, 1961
  • Genus Trichoptilus Walsingham, 1880
• Tribe Platyptiliini Bigot, Gibeaux, Nel & Picard, 1998
  • Genus Amblyptilia Hübner, [1825]
  • Genus Anstenoptilia Zimmerman, 1958
  • Genus Asiaephorus Gielis, 2000
  • Genus Bigotilia Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Bipunctiphorus Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Buszkoiana Koçak, 1981
  • Genus Cnaemidophorus Wallengren, 1862
  • Genus Crocydoscelus Walsingham, 1897
  • Genus Fletcherella Diakonoff, 1952
  • Genus Gillmeria Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Inferuncus Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Koremaguia Hampson, 1891
  • Genus Lantanophaga Zimmermann, 1958
  • Genus Leesi Gibeaux, 1996
  • Genus Lioptilodes Zimmerman, 1958
  • Genus Melanoptilia Gielis, 2006
  • Genus Michaelophorus Gielis, 1999
  • Genus Nippoptilia Matsumura, 1931
  • Genus Paraamblyptilia Gielis, 1991
  • Genus Paraplatyptilia Bigot & Picard, 1986
  • Genus Platyptilia Hübner, [1825]

    

    Platyptilia celidotus
    (Pterophorinae: Platyptilini)

    

    Platyptilia falcatalis
    (Pterophorinae: Platyptilini)

Bucks Plume avoids a crab spider

• • Genus Platyptiliodes Strand, 1913
  • Genus Postplatyptilia Gielis, 1991
  • Genus Quadriptilia Gielis, 1994
  • Genus Sinpunctiptilia Arenberger, 2006
  • Genus Sochchora Walker, 1864
  • Genus Stenoptilia Hübner, [1825]
  • Genus Stenoptilodes Zimmermann, 1958
  • Genus Stockophorus Gielis, 1993
  • Genus Uroloba Walsingham, 1891
  • Genus Vietteilus Gibeaux, 1994
  • Genus Xyroptila Meyrick, 1908
• Tribe Pterophorini Bigot, Gibeaux, Nel & Picard, 1998
  • Genus Calyciphora Kasy, 1960
  • Genus Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 1886
  • Genus Diacrotricha Zeller, 1852
  • Genus Imbophorus Arenberger, 1991
  • Genus Merrifieldia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Oirata Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2002
  • Genus Patagonophorus Gielis, 1991
  • Genus Porrittia Tutt, 1905
  • Genus Pterophorus Schäffer, 1766
  • Genus Septuaginta Ustjuzhanin, 1996
  • Genus Singularia Arenberger, 1988
  • Genus Tabulaephorus Arenberger, 1993
  • Genus Wheeleria Tutt, 1905
• Tribe Tetraschalini Gielis, 2000
  • Genus Tetraschalis Meyrick, 1887
  • Genus Titanoptilus Hampson, 1905
  • Genus Walsinghamiella Berg, 1898

References

1. "Pterophorinae | Overview | Finnish Biodiversity Info Facility". laji.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-04-01.
2. "45 Pterophoridae". British Lepidoptera. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
3. "ITIS - Report: Pterophorinae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
4. Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Family Pterophoridae". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 10 May 2023.