| Paracapperia esuriens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Paracapperia |
| Species: | P. esuriens |
| Binomial name | |
| Paracapperia esuriens (Meyrick, 1932) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paracapperia esuriens is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Ethiopia, [1] the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. [2]
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. 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".
Fuscoptilia emarginatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu islands of Japan, the Kuril Islands, Korea, China and Amur. It is also known from Mongolia.
Agdistis heydeni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from western Asia, southern Europe, Hungary, Poland, North Africa and the Canary Islands.
Platyptilia kozanica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Turkey.
Gillmeria stenoptiloides is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Japan (Honshu), north-east China, Mongolia, and Russia. It was described by Ivan Nikolayevich Filipjev in 1927.
Stenoptilia pinkeri is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Turkey.
Stenoptilia nurolhaki is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Asia, including Mongolia.
Stangeia siceliota is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Yemen, China and southern Europe. It is also known from Turkey and Armenia.
Tabulaephorus marptys is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
Capperia fusca is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece and southern Russia. It is also known from Turkey.
Capperia marginellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on Sicily, Cyprus and Turkey.
Crombrugghia tristis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. It is also known from southern Siberia, Asia Minor and central Asia. The habitat consists of sandy areas overgrown with Hieracium.
Paraplatyptilia metzneri is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in France, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Russia, Turkey, China, Iran and Mongolia.
Wheeleria obsoletus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Sardinia, Sicily, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Cyprus, Turkmenistan, Asia Minor and western Asia.
Procapperia kuldschaensis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, China, Mongolia, southern Afghanistan and the Tian Shan area.
Tabulaephorus parthicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Asia Minor, Iran, Jordan, Syria and Afghanistan.
Paraplatyptilia hedemanni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorye), Mongolia, and central Asia.
Procapperia maculatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Asia Minor and the Alps of France and Italy and the Pyrenees. It has also been recorded from Russia and Georgia.
Procapperia linariae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Morocco, Spain, Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
Procapperia ankaraica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to Turkey.
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