Stenoptilia viettei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Stenoptilia |
Species: | S. viettei |
Binomial name | |
Stenoptilia viettei Gibeaux, 1994 [1] | |
Stenoptilia viettei is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Madagascar and Malawi. [2]
Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
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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 18 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 Jemen.
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. 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.
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, Madagascar, Malawi and South Africa.
Crassuncus is a genus of moth 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.
Hellinsia madecasseus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.
Pterophorus rhyparias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.
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.
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.
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