Procapperia | |
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Procapperia maculatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Subfamily: | Pterophorinae |
Tribe: | Oxyptilini |
Genus: | Procapperia Adamczewski, 1951 |
Procapperia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
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".
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 1907.
Stenoptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
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 eighteen species.
Stenodacma pyrrhodes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Australia, India, Japan, South Africa, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand and Korea. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.
Procapperia pelecyntes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan (Kyushu), China, India and Sri Lanka.
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.
Oirata is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Wheeleria is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Tabulaephorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Singularia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. It includes all species formerly placed in the genus Chocophorus and five new species described in 2016.
Gypsochares is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Agdistis asthenes is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
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.
Agdistis falkovitshi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Turkmenistan, Russia and Kazakhstan.
Agdistis gerasimovi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Central Asian riparian woodlands in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
Marasmarcha samarcandica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Russia and Kazakhstan. Its habitat is chalk and desert steppes and semideserts.