Stenoptilia zophodactylus is a species of moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Europe, North America, South America, Australia, South Africa, India and Iran.
Gillmeria pallidactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has a Holarctic distribution and is widespread throughout North America and Eurasia.
Pselnophorus is a genus of moths in the plume moth family, Pterophoridae. They are native to the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa. As of 2014 the genus contains 18 species.
Hepalastis pumilio is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has worldwide tropical distribution, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Japan, Micronesia, South Africa the Virgin Islands as well as Queensland and New Guinea.
Stenoptilodes taprobanes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. This species has a pantropical distribution, which extends into subtropical areas.
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.
Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to California and Arizona, south through Mexico to Costa Rica. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Leptodeuterocopus gratus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Peru.
Megalorhipida is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1935. Species in this genus are distributed in pantropical and subtropical climates. The species typically nests on host plants in the families Nyctaginaceae, Amaranthaceae, Fabaceae, Goodeniaceae, Asteraceae, and Verbenaceae. The generic name is often misspelled as Megalorrhipida. The species formerly placed in the genus Antarches are now considered to belong to this genus.
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 brevipennis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Uruguay, as well as most of the United States and southern Canada.
Michaelophorus bahiaensis is a species of moth in the genus Michaelophorus known from Brazil. Moths of this species take flight in November and have a wingspan of about 9 millimetres (0.35 in). The specific name is derived from the state of Bahia, whence the species is known.
Michaelophorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species in this genus are distributed in regions with neotropical climates. Little is known about the genus' overall ecology.
Uroloba calycospila is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Argentina.
Postplatyptilia huigraica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
Postplatyptilia drechseli is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Paraguay.
Amblyptilia landryi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Honduras.
Singularia is a genus of moth in the family Pterophoridae. It includes all species formerly placed in the genus Chocophorus and five new species described in 2016.
Melanoptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Cees Gielis in 2006. All described species come from Latin America.
Cees Gielis is a Dutch entomologist and researcher of biodiversity, specializing in Lepidoptera, at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands. As of March 2019, Gielis authored 378 taxa within the family of Pterophoridae and 19 within the family of Alucitidae.
