List of moths of Australia (Pterophoridae)

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This is a list of the Australian moth species of the family Pterophoridae. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.

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Deuterocopinae

Ochyroticinae

Pterophorinae

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pterophoridae</span> Moth family containing the plume moths

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".

<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>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>Stenoptilia</i> Plume moth genus

Stenoptilia 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.

Xyroptila elegans is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in north-eastern New Guinea and Australia.

Xyroptila kuranda is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in southern Sulawesi and Australia.

<i>Marasmarcha</i> Plume moth genus

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

<i>Pterophorus</i> Genus of moths

Pterophorus 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.

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

Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

Xyroptila dohertyi is a brown-colored moth of the family Pterophoridae which is endemic to western Thailand.