Subfamily Pterophorinae

Classification · Numbers

Platyptilia sp - Lantanophaga pusillidactyla

370 Emmelina monodactyla - Morning-glory Plume Moth 6234 - Emmelina monodactyla

Plume Moth (Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla) - Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Pterophoroidea

Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)

Subfamily Pterophorinae

Numbers

one of two subfamilies in this family in North America listed at All-Leps; the other subfamily (Agdistinae) is represented in North America by a single species, Agdistis americana

146 species in 25 genera in two tribes in North America listed at All-Leps

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 March, 2006 - 6:07pm
Last updated 9 March, 2007 - 6:55pm

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