Leptodeuterocopus

Last updated

Leptodeuterocopus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Leptodeuterocopus
Fletcher, 1910

Leptodeuterocopus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was erected in 1910 by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher, and has Leptodeuterocopus citrogaster as type species. [1] Several of its species were originally described in genera Deuterocopus or Oxyptilus . [1]

Species

As of version 1.1.23.125, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Leptodeuterocopus: [1]

Related Research Articles

<i>Agdistis</i> (moth) Sole genus of plume moth subfamily Agdistinae

Agdistis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is the only genus in the Agdistinae subfamily which was described by J. W. Tutt in 1906.

<i>Ochyrotica</i> Sole plume moth genus in subfamily Ochyroticinae

Ochyrotica is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae and only genus in the Ochyroticinae subfamily. Ochyrotica was described by Lord Walsingham in 1891 and the subfamily Ochyroticinae was described by Lutz Thilo Wasserthal in 1970.

<i>Platyptilia</i> Plume moth genus

Platyptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

<i>Exelastis</i> Plume moth genus

Exelastis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

<i>Hellinsia</i> Plume moth genus

Hellinsia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was created by J.W. Tutt in honour of the entomologist John Hellins.


Macropiratidae is a family of moths which has sometimes been treated as a subfamily of the Pterophoridae, owing to the resemblance between specimens of Macropiratidae and plume moths of the genus Agdistis, at least when preserved as pinned specimens. The family contains a single genus Agdistopis with three species.

<i>Deuterocopus</i> Plume moth genus

Deuterocopus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.

<i>Hexadactilia</i> Plume moth genus

Hexadactilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910.

<i>Marasmarcha</i> Plume moth genus

Marasmarcha is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1886.

Leptodeuterocopus citrogaster is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910 and is known from the Moluccas. It is the type species of the genus Leptodeuterocopus.

Titanoptilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It was described by George Hampson in 1905.

<i>Tetraschalis</i> Plume moth genus

Tetraschalis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

Walsinghamiella is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

<i>Merrifieldia</i> Plume moth genus

Merrifieldia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It has an Old World distribution, with species known from Asia, Africa and Europe.

Cosmoclostis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species are known from Australia, China, South and South East Asia, the Arabic Peninsula and Africa.

<i>Adaina</i> Plume moth genus

Adaina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was erected in 1905 by J. W. Tutt. Several of its species have gall-inducing larvae, such as Adaina primulacea, of which the larvae induce stem galls on Chromolaena odorata, and Adaina microdactyla, which induces stem galls on Eupatorium cannabinum.

Crassuncus is an Afrotropical genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

<i>Emmelina</i> Plume moth genus

Emmelina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pterophorinae</span> Subfamily of moths

Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Family Pterophoridae". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 10 May 2023.