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 yellowtail moth or ashen moth is a species of moth found in northeastern South America. Contact with the urticating hairs of adult female moths is known to cause a cutaneous condition called the Caripito itch. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.
Hellinsia beneficus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to Mexico, but was introduced to Hawaii in 1973 as a biological control agent against mistflower, Ageratina riparia.
Lioptilodes albistriolatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. In South America and Central America it has been recorded from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru and Puerto Rico. It is also present in North America, where it is known from Mexico, California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Leptodeuterocopus exquisitus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Brazil.
Leptodeuterocopus fortunatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Brazil.
Leptodeuterocopus hipparchus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Brazil and Venezuela.
Leptodeuterocopus trinidad is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Trinidad and Venezuela.
Leptodeuterocopus tungurahue is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Ecuador.
Leptodeuterocopus angulatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Brazil.
Leptodeuterocopus sochchoroides is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Brazil.
Leptodeuterocopus zonites is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from British Guyana.
Leptodeuterocopus gratus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Peru.
Exelastis montischristi is a species of moth in the genus Exelastis known from Hispaniola, Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, the Virgin Islands, Florida and Texas. It has also been recorded from Tanzania.
Stenoptilodes sematodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Argentina. The wingspan is 18–22 millimetres (0.71–0.87 in). Adults are on wing in December. The larvae feed on a Mentha species.
Stenoptilodes huanacoicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Peru.
Stenoptilia pallistriga is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is known from Dominica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Paraguay and Suriname. It is also found in the United States in Florida and Mississippi.
Elachista gorlimella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Canada, where it has been recorded from Newfoundland.
Ranzovius clavicornis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America. It scavenges dead insects for food, and can be found inhabiting the webs of Anelosimus studiosus, stealing the spider's prey.
Reece Ivan Sailer was an American entomologist who specialized in classical biological control and the systematics of the bugs in the family Pentatomidae.
