Pterophorus

Pterophorus
Pterophorus pentadactyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Pterophorini
Genus: Pterophorus
Schäffer, 1766
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus Geoffroy, 1762 (suppressed)
  • Plumiger Valmont-Bomare, 1791 (unavailable)
  • Pterophora Hübner, 1806 (suppressed)
  • Pterophora Hübner, 1822
  • Aciptilia Hübner, 1825
  • Aciptilus Zeller, 1841 (emendation)
  • Ptorophorus Zeller, 1841 (incorrect spelling)
  • Acoptilia Agassiz, 1847 (emendation)
  • Acoptilus Agassiz, 1847 (emendation)
  • Acyptilus de Graaf, 1859 (incorrect spelling)
  • Alucita auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758

Pterophorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

References

  1. ↑ "PTEROPHORUS - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  2. ↑ Dugdale, John Stewart (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 132. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. Wikidata Q45083134.