Stenoptilodes | |
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Stenoptilodes taprobanes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Tribe: | Platyptiliini |
Genus: | Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 1958 |
Stenoptilodes 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".
Stenoptilodes taprobanes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. This species has a pantropical distribution, which extends into subtropical areas.
Stenoptilodes littoralis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is only known from the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii. Though it is only known from the Hawaiian Islands, it may be an introduced species.
Stenoptilodes brevipennis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Uruguay, as well as most of the United States and southern Canada.
Stenoptilodes gilvicolor is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Chile and Colombia.
Stenoptilodes agricultura is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Venezuela.
Stenoptilodes stigmatica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
Stenoptilodes limaicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Peru.
Stenoptilodes debbiei is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Ecuador.
Stenoptilodes hypsipora is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Peru.
Stenoptilodes juanfernandicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Chile and Ecuador.
Stenoptilodes sematodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Argentina. The wingspan is 18–22 millimetres (0.71–0.87 in). Adults are on wing in December. The larvae feed on a Mentha species.
Stenoptilodes gielisi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from the Galápagos Islands.
Stenoptilodes maculatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Ecuador.
Stenoptilodes thrasydoxa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Colombia.
Stenoptilodes medius is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Ecuador.
Stenoptilodes posticus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Colombia and Peru.
Stenoptilodes huanacoicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Peru.
Stenoptilodes sordipennis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Colombia.
Stenoptilodes antirrhina, the snapdragon plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from California in the United States, but also from greenhouses in the south-eastern U.S. that have received cuttings of snapdragon from California.