| Gillmeria | |
|---|---|
| Gillmeria ochrodactyla oviposits on tansy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Tribe: | Platyptiliini |
| Genus: | Gillmeria Tutt, 1905 |
Gillmeria is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was described by the English schoolteacher and entomologist, James William Tutt in 1905. [1]
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".
The Satyrini is one of the tribes of the subfamily Satyrinae. It includes about 2200 species and is therefore the largest tribe in the subfamily which comprises 2500 species.
The genus Callophrys consists of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is apparently not monophyletic, but which of the taxa currently considered junior synonyms of Callophrys are valid genera remains to be determined.
Gillmeria ochrodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by the Austrian entomologists, Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
Dilophonotini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Hermann Burmeister in 1878.
Macroglossini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.
Gillmeria pallidactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by the English entomologist, Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. It has a Holarctic distribution and is widespread throughout North America and the Palearctic.
Hellinsia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was created by J.W. Tutt in honour of the entomologist John Hellins.
Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Gillmeria miantodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in France, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Russia and Asia Minor.
Adaina zephyria is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in the United States (California), Mexico (Oaxaca), Peru (Huanaca), Venezuela, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Ecuador.
Adaina thomae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Saint Thomas, Brazil, Hispaniola Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Adaina hodias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela (Mérida), Ecuador and Mexico.
Adaina bernardi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica and Mexico.
Adaina planaltina is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Federal District of Brazil.
Adaina invida is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica and Panama.
Adaina excreta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Peru (Carabaya), Argentina and Ecuador.
Adaina everdinae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Salta Province, Argentina.
Adaina praeusta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described from Puerto Rico.
John M. Tutt was an American medical doctor who converted to Christian Science in 1905, later becoming a practitioner in 1912, and then a teacher of Christian Science in 1916. One of his early patients was the mother of film actress Ginger Rogers.
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