| Pterophorus rhyparias | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Pterophorus |
| Species: | P. rhyparias |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterophorus rhyparias | |
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Pterophorus rhyparias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.
It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe. [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".
Megalorhipida leucodactyla is a species of moth of the family Pterophoridae that has a pantropical distribution.
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.
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.
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.
Adaina microdactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. Also known as the hemp-agrimony plume, it is found in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Exelastis phlyctaenias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Virgin Islands, the islands of Luzon and Palawan in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Kenya and India (Coorg), Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, La Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi and South Africa.
Crassuncus is an Afrotropical genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Agdistis pustulalis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi.
Megalorhipida tessmanni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Réunion, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe.
Hellinsia madecasseus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.
Stenoptilia viettei is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Madagascar and Malawi.
Pterophorus dallastai is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Malawi.
Oxyptilus orichalcias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Malawi.
Hellinsia acuminatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has been found in South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi.
Crassuncus pacifica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Malawi.
Exelastis crudipennis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Congo, Malawi and Uganda.
Crassuncus ecstaticus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Uganda, Kenya and Malawi.
Crassuncus livingstoni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Malawi.
Apoxyptilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing only three species:
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