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".
Deuterocopus socotranus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found from India and Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Japan and through south-east Asia to New Guinea and Australia, where it is found from Townsville to Brisbane in Queensland. It is also present in Africa, Oman and Yemen.
Sphenarches anisodactylus, commonly known as the geranium plume moth, is a species of moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found in western Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan, the New Hebrides and Central and South America, as well as Australia, where it has been recorded from Cape York to central New South Wales. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, as well as Mississippi. It is also present in the Kermadec Islands of New Zealand.
Exelastis 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.
Pterophorus albidus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is distributed in Africa, south and south-east Asia, including New Guinea and Australia, as well as Japan (Kyushu) and the Ryukyu Islands.
Nippoptilia cinctipedalis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Australia, Korea, Japan (Kyushu), China, Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and Vietnam.
Platyptilia farfarellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1867. It is found from central and southern Europe to Asia Minor, Micronesia and Japan. It is also known from Africa, where it has been recorded from Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, São Tomé & Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, the Seychelles and Malawi.
Platyptilia nemoralis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found from Europe, through Russia to Japan.
Procapperia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Procapperia hackeri is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Yemen.
Oxyptilus insomnis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Kenya.
Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
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.
Procapperia amira is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Afghanistan.
Procapperia orientalis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in India (Kashmir) and Kyrgyzstan.
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.
Procapperia tadzhica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that lives in Tajikistan.
