| Pterophorus chosokeialis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Pterophorus |
| Species: | P. chosokeialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterophorus chosokeialis (Strand, 1922) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pterophorus chosokeialis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Vietnam, Thailand, China (Hong Kong, Hainan, Fujian). [1]
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".
Gillmeria ochrodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe and has recently been recorded from Iran and Tajikistan.
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla, the rose plume moth, is a moth of the superfamily Pterophoroidea, family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Northern Hemisphere, except for Greenland, Southeast Asia, and most of North Africa.
Platyptilia eberti is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found on Luzon, Philippines, and was recently discovered in Vietnam, although this record might represent a related undescribed species.
Megalorhipida leucodactyla is a species of moth of the family Pterophoridae that has a pantropical distribution.
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 Jemen.
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla, the lantana plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. It was introduced to Australia accidentally in 1936 and is now found from Sydney to Cairns along the coast. It has also been introduced to Hawaii in 1902, Pohnpei in 1948 and Palau in 1960 for biological control. It has since been recorded from Yap in 1987–1988 and is now distributed on all islands of the Mariana and Caroline Islands where the host plant is found, except Aguijan.
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.
Stenoptilodes taprobanes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. This species has a pantropical distribution, which extends into subtropical areas.
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.
Stenodacma wahlbergi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1851. It is known from Japan, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sri Lanka, India, Central, East and South Africa, St. Helena, Mauritius, the Seychelles and Rodriguez Island. It has recently been recorded from Vietnam. Records for Australia were based on synonymisation with Stenodacma pyrrhodes.
Emmelina argoteles is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in southern and central Europe, through Russia to India, China, Korea and Japan. It was discovered in Great Britain in 2005.
Adaina microdactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has a wide distribution and is known from the Palearctic ecozone, Asia Minor, Iran, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is also found in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar.
Ochyrotica yanoi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from New Guinea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines and India.
Pterophorus leucadactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Sri Lanka, Sumba, New Guinea, India, China, Taiwan, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, Micronesia, the Bismarck Islands, the Solomon Islands, Australia and Vietnam.
Pterophorus elaeopus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, native to Asia.
Platyptilia chosokeiella is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in central Vietnam, Taiwan and Cambodia.
Ochyrotica zolotuhini is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Vietnam.
Heptaloba tanglong is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Petr Ya. Ustjuzhanin and Vasily N. Kovtunovich in 2010. It is found in Vietnam. The habitat consists of long-boled forest with the predominance of Lagerstroemia species and various legumes, including Afzelia xylocarpa.
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