Pterophoroidea

Plume moth information resource

Australian Pterophoroidea

The following species have been recorded in Australia:

PTEROPHORIDAE

OCHYROTICINAE

OCHYROTICA Walsingham, 1891

Ochyrotica kurandica Arenberger, 1988

DEUTEROCOPINAE

HEXADACTILIA Fletcher, 1910

Hexadactilia civilis Meyrick, 1921

Hexadactilia trilobata Fletcher, 1910

DEUTEROCOPUS Zeller, 1852

Deuterocopus atrapex Fletcher, 1909

Deuterocopus honoratus Meyrick, 1921

Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907

Deuterocopus tengstroemi Zeller, 1852

PTEROPHORINAE

Tetraschalini

TETRASCHALIS Meyrick, 1887

Tetraschalis arachnodes Meyrick, 1887

Platyptiliini

PLATYPTILIA Hübner, [1825]

Platyptilia celidotus (Meyrick, 1885)

Platyptilia isodactylus (Zeller, 1853)

Platyptilia sp. nr. microbscura Gielis & de Vos, 2007

SINPUNCTIPTILIA Arenberger, 2006

Sinpunctiptilia emissalis (Walker, 1864)

Sinpunctiptilia tasmaniae Arenberger, 2006

BIPUNCTIPHORUS Gibeaux, 1994

Bipunctiphorus euctimena (Turner, 1913)

LANTANOPHAGA Zimmerman, 1958

Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)

STENOPTILODES Zimmerman, 1958

Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

STENOPTILIA Hübner, [1825]

Stenoptilia leuconephes (Meyrick, 1886)

Stenoptilia phaeonephes (Meyrick, 1886)

Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1838)

XYROPTILA Meyrick, 1908

Xyroptila marmarias Meyrick, 1908

Xyroptila peltastes (Meyrick, 1908)

Xyroptila elegans Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006

Xyroptila kuranda Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006

Xyroptila uluru Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006

NIPPOPTILIA Matsumura, 1931

Nippoptilia cinctipedalis (Walker, 1864)

Nippoptilia sp.

SPHENARCHES Meyrick, 1886

Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)

Sphenarches zanclistes (Meyrick, 1905)

Exelastini

EXELASTIS Meyrick, 1908,

Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911)

Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)

Oxyptilini

TOMOTILUS Yano, 1961

Tomotilus saitoi Yano, 1961

OXYPTILUS Zeller, 1841

Oxyptilus causodes Meyrick, 1905

Oxyptilus regulus Meyrick, 1906

STENODACMA Amsel, 1959

Stenodacma pyrrhodes (Meyrick, 1889)

TRICHOPTILUS Walsingham, 1880

Trichoptilus ceramodes Meyrick, 1886

Trichoptilus scythrodes Meyrick, 1886

STANGEIA Tutt, 1906

Stangeia xerodes (Meyrick, 1886)

MEGALORHIPIDA Amsel, 1935

Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)

Oidaematophorini

HELLINSIA Tutt, 1905

Hellinsia balanotes (Meyrick, 1908)

Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)

Pterophorini

WHEELERIA Tutt, 1905

Wheeleria spilodactylus (Curtis, 1827)

IMBOPHORUS Arenberger, 1991

Imbophorus aptalis (Walker, 1864)

Imbophorus leucophasma (Turner, 1911)

Imbophorus pallidus Arenberger, 1991

PTEROPHORUS Schaeffer, 1766

Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)

Pterophorus lacteipennis (Walker, 1864)

COSMOCLOSTIS Meyrick, 1886

Cosmoclostis aglaodesma Meyrick, 1886

Cosmoclostis hemiadelpha Fletcher, 1947

Cosmoclostis pesseuta Meyrick, 1906

DIACROTRICHA Zeller, 1852

Diacrotricha fasciola Zeller, 1852

MACROPIRATIDAE

AGDISTOPIS Hampson, 1917

Agdistopis halieutica (Meyrick, 1932)

Taxonomic name: 
Macropiratidae (Pterophoroidea), Pterophoridae (Pterophoroidea), Pterophorinae (Pterophoroidea), Trichoptilus (Pterophoroidea), Tetraschalini (Pterophoroidea), Oxyptilini (Pterophoroidea), Tetraschalis (Pterophoroidea), Sinpunctiptilia (Pterophoroidea), Platyptilia (Pterophoroidea), Ochyroticinae (Pterophoroidea), Ochyrotica (Pterophoroidea), Cosmoclostis (Pterophoroidea), Stangeia (Pterophoroidea), Deuterocopus (Pterophoroidea), Diacrotricha (Pterophoroidea), Pterophorini (Pterophoroidea), Platyptiliini (Pterophoroidea), Deuterocopinae (Pterophoroidea), Hexadactilia (Pterophoroidea), Bipunctiphorus (Pterophoroidea), Lantanophaga (Pterophoroidea), Stenoptilodes (Pterophoroidea), Stenoptilia (Pterophoroidea), Xyroptila (Pterophoroidea), Nippoptilia (Pterophoroidea), Sphenarches (Pterophoroidea), Exelastini (Pterophoroidea), Exelastis (Pterophoroidea), Tomotilus (Pterophoroidea), Oxyptilus (Pterophoroidea), Stenodacma (Pterophoroidea), Megalorhipida (Pterophoroidea), Oidaematophorini (Pterophoroidea), Hellinsia (Pterophoroidea), Wheeleria (Pterophoroidea), Imbophorus (Pterophoroidea), Pterophorus (Pterophoroidea), Agdistopis (Pterophoroidea), Trichoptilus scythrodes (Pterophoroidea), Tetraschalis arachnodes (Pterophoroidea), Sinpunctiptilia emissalis (Pterophoroidea), Sinpunctiptilia tasmaniae (Pterophoroidea), Ochyrotica kurandica (Pterophoroidea), Stangeia xerodes (Pterophoroidea), Diacrotricha fasciola (Pterophoroidea), Cosmoclostis hemiadelpha (Pterophoroidea), Cosmoclostis aglaodesma (Pterophoroidea), Cosmoclostis pesseuta (Pterophoroidea), Deuterocopus socotranus (Pterophoroidea), Hexadactilia civilis (Pterophoroidea), Hexadactilia trilobata (Pterophoroidea), Deuterocopus atrapex (Pterophoroidea), Deuterocopus honoratus (Pterophoroidea), Deuterocopus tengstroemi (Pterophoroidea), Platyptilia celidotus (Pterophoroidea), Platyptilia isodactylus (Pterophoroidea), Bipunctiphorus euctimena (Pterophoroidea), Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Pterophoroidea), Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Pterophoroidea), Stenoptilia leuconephes (Pterophoroidea), Stenoptilia phaeonephes (Pterophoroidea), Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Pterophoroidea), Xyroptila marmarias (Pterophoroidea), Xyroptila peltastes (Pterophoroidea), Xyroptila elegans (Pterophoroidea), Xyroptila kuranda (Pterophoroidea), Xyroptila uluru (Pterophoroidea), Nippoptilia cinctipedalis (Pterophoroidea), Sphenarches anisodactylus (Pterophoroidea), Sphenarches zanclistes (Pterophoroidea), Exelastis pumilio (Pterophoroidea), Exelastis phlyctaenias (Pterophoroidea), Tomotilus saitoi (Pterophoroidea), Oxyptilus regulus (Pterophoroidea), Stenodacma pyrrhodes (Pterophoroidea), Trichoptilus ceramodes (Pterophoroidea), Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Pterophoroidea), Hellinsia balanotes (Pterophoroidea), Hellinsia lienigianus (Pterophoroidea), Wheeleria spilodactylus (Pterophoroidea), Imbophorus aptalis (Pterophoroidea), Imbophorus leucophasma (Pterophoroidea), Imbophorus pallidus (Pterophoroidea), Pterophorus albidus (Pterophoroidea), Pterophorus lacteipennis (Pterophoroidea), Agdistopis halieutica (Pterophoroidea), Oxyptilus causodes (Pterophoroidea), Pterophoroidea (Pterophoroidea)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith