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.
Stenoptilodes taprobanes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. This species has a pantropical distribution, which extends into subtropical areas.
Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to California and Arizona, south through Mexico to Costa Rica. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Leptodeuterocopus tungurahue is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Ecuador.
Leptodeuterocopus neales is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Suriname, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. It has recently been recorded from Florida.
Megalorhipida is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1935. Species in this genus are distributed in pantropical and subtropical climates. The species typically nests on host plants in the families Nyctaginaceae, Amaranthaceae, Fabaceae, Goodeniaceae, Asteraceae, and Verbenaceae. The generic name is often misspelled as Megalorrhipida. The species formerly placed in the genus Antarches are now considered to belong to this genus.
Exelastis montischristi is a species of moth in the genus Exelastis known from Hispaniola, Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, the Virgin Islands, Florida and Texas. It has also been recorded from Tanzania.
Quadriptilia philorectis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Peru.
Melanoptilia nigra is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Ecuador.
Platyptilia semnopis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Brazil.
Platyptilia anniei is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
Bipunctiphorus nigroapicalis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Galápagos Islands and Venezuela.
Paraamblyptilia ridouti is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Costa Rica and Peru.
Postplatyptilia vorbecki is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Ecuador.
Postplatyptilia transversus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Brazil and Colombia.
Dejongia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus is named after Dr R. de Jong from the National Museum of Natural History (Leiden), in recognition for his "help and advice to solve phylogenetic problems".
Agdistis adactyla is a moth species in the family Pterophoridae, and the type species of genus Agdistis. It is known from most of the Palearctic realm, where it occurs from central and south-western Europe and North Africa to eastern Asia.
Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Adaina scalesiae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, where it was discovered by Bernard Landry on Bella Vista on April 1, 1992, and on May 25 of the same year on the island of Santa Cruz. The species was also found in Volcan Darwin, a province 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Puerto Villamil, on May 25, and 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level on Pinta Island where it was found from March 13 to 21. The species is attracted to various lamps including mercury-vapor lamps.
Melanoptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Cees Gielis in 2006. All described species come from Latin America.
