Pterophorus
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Pterophorus is a genus of moth
in the Pterophoridae family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Pterophoridae family.
Species
- Pterophorus africanusPterophorus africanusPterophorus africanus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from South Africa....
Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich, 2010 - Pterophorus albidusPterophorus albidusPterophorus albidus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is distributed in Africa, south and south-east Asia, including New Guinea and Australia, as well as Japan and the Ryukyu Islands ....
- Pterophorus aliubasignumPterophorus aliubasignumPterophorus aliubasignum is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from New Guinea.-External links:*...
- Pterophorus ashantiPterophorus ashantiPterophorus ashanti is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Ghana....
- Pterophorus bacteriopaPterophorus bacteriopaPterophorus bacteriopa is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Tanzania....
- Pterophorus baliolusPterophorus baliolusPterophorus baliolus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Madagascar....
- Pterophorus candidalisPterophorus candidalisPterophorus candidalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga and most of Africa....
- Pterophorus cerauniaPterophorus cerauniaPterophorus ceraunia is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo.It is mostly white with distinct black fringe markings.The larvae feed on Merremia hederacea and Oldenlandia corymbosa....
- Pterophorus chosokeialisPterophorus chosokeialisPterophorus chosokeialis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Vietnam, Thailand, China ....
- Pterophorus cleronomaPterophorus cleronomaPterophorus cleronoma is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Kenya....
- Pterophorus dallastaiPterophorus dallastaiPterophorus dallastai is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa.The wingspan is 24-28 mm. The species is characterized by the slightly ochreous tinge of the forewing. Adults have been recorded in March and April....
- Pterophorus denticulataPterophorus denticulataPterophorus denticulata is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It known from New Guinea and Micronesia.The length of the forewings is about 9 mm.-External links:**...
- Pterophorus ebbeiPterophorus ebbeiPterophorus ebbei is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from New Guinea.-External links:*...
- Pterophorus elaeopa
- Pterophorus erratusPterophorus erratusPterophorus erratus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found on Borneo .-References:, 2000: On the genus Pterophorus Schäffer, 1766 in Indonesia . Quadrifina 3: 61-69....
- Pterophorus flavusPterophorus flavusPterophorus flavus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Nepal and northern India .The wingspan is 17-25 mm. The forewings are yellow. Adults have been recorded in June, July and September....
- Pterophorus furcatalisPterophorus furcatalisPterophorus furcatalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The head, palpi, antennae and legs are white. The thorax is pale fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous, but the anterior margin is broadly white. The abdomen is white, with a central...
- Pterophorus innotatalisPterophorus innotatalisPterophorus innotatalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The head, palpi, antennae, thorax and abdomen are pale ochreous. The legs are ochreous-whitish. The forewings are pale whitish-yellowish. The hindwings are dark grey.The larvae feed...
- Pterophorus ischnodactylaPterophorus ischnodactylaPterophorus ischnodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the South Africa, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Mongolia, Libya, Algeria, Ukraine and southern Europe....
- Pterophorus kuningusPterophorus kuningusPterophorus kuningus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in south-east Asia....
- Pterophorus lacteipennisPterophorus lacteipennisPterophorus lacteipennis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in south and southeast Asia, including Taiwan, Burma, Borneo, the Solomon Islands, Australia and New Guinea.-External links:**...
- Pterophorus lamotteiPterophorus lamotteiPterophorus lamottei is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Equatorial Guinea....
- Pterophorus lampraPterophorus lampraPterophorus lampra is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and Ivory Coast.The forewings are purely white with some black scales near the base and inner margin of the first lobe....
- Pterophorus legrandiPterophorus legrandiPterophorus legrandi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Equatorial Guinea....
- Pterophorus leucadactylusPterophorus leucadactylusPterophorus leucadactylus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. 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.-External links:*...
- Pterophorus lieftinckiPterophorus lieftinckiPterophorus lieftincki is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found on western Java.-References:, 2000: On the genus Pterophorus Schäffer, 1766 in Indonesia . Quadrifina 3: 61-69....
- Pterophorus lindneriPterophorus lindneriPterophorus lindneri is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Ethiopia.The species is shining white, without any dark scales....
- Pterophorus massaiPterophorus massaiPterophorus massai is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Kenya.The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults have been recorded in August....
- Pterophorus melanopodaPterophorus melanopodaPterophorus melanopoda is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.The wingspan is about 28 mm. The head, antennae, palpi, thorax and abdomen are pale glistening white...
- Pterophorus monospilalisPterophorus monospilalisPterophorus monospilalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand, where it is known from the North and South islands and Steward Island.The wingspan is 21-23 mm. The head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs are white...
- Pterophorus nigropunctatusPterophorus nigropunctatusPterophorus nigropunctatus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India .-References:, 1989: Beitrag zur kenntnis der indo-australischen Pterophorus arten . Entomologische Zeitschrift 99 : 81-96....
- Pterophorus niveodactylaPterophorus niveodactylaPterophorus niveodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Taiwan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Malaya, Java, Sumatra, the Philippines, Borneo, New Guinea, Micronesia, the Bismarck Islands, the Solomon Islands and São Tomé & Principe....
- Pterophorus niveusPterophorus niveusPterophorus niveus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from Indonesia to the Solomon Islands and north to Luzon.-External links:*...
- †Pterophorus oligocenusPterophorus oligocenusPterophorus oligocenus is an extinct moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is the only known fossil of the Pterophoridae family. It was discovered near Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone in France. It is a late Oligocene fossil, dated to 25-30 million years B.P....
- Pterophorus pentadactylaPterophorus pentadactylaThe White Plume Moth is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 24-35 mm. The moths fly from June to August.The larvae feed on Convolvulus species.-External links:*...
- Pterophorus rhypariasPterophorus rhypariasPterophorus rhyparias is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Yemen....
- Pterophorus spissaPterophorus spissaPterophorus spissa is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Nigeria....
- Pterophorus tinsukiPterophorus tinsukiPterophorus tinsuki is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India....
- Pterophorus uzungwePterophorus uzungwePterophorus uzungwe is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Tanzania.The wingspan is 18-19 mm. Adults have been recorded in August....
- Pterophorus virgoPterophorus virgoPterophorus virgo is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea....
- Pterophorus wahlbergiPterophorus wahlbergiPterophorus wahlbergi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Japan , China, Sri Lanka, India, South Africa, St. Helena, Mauritius, the Seychelles and Rodriguez Island. It has recently been recorded from Vietnam. Records for Australia where based on synonymisation with Stenodacma...