Pterophoridae
Creators: name: Hao, Shulian
name: Kendrick, Roger C.
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pterophoridae

description: Key to the species of Pterophoridae from Hong Kong
1 Wings uncleft .................................................................................................. Ochyrotica yanoi Arenberger
- Wings cleft...................................................................................................................................................2
2 Third lobe of hindwing with one vein ........................................................................................................ 3
- Third lobe of hindwing with two veins......................................................................................................11
3 Forewing cleft near base or at middle......................................................................................................... 4
- Forewing cleft at distal part.........................................................................................................................5
4 Valvae asymmetrical........................................................................................ Diacrotricha fasciola Zeller
- Valvae symmetrical ........................................................................... Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker)
5 Forewing with distinct terminal margin and anal angle in both lobes........................................................ 6
- Forewing without terminal margin and anal angle in first lobe .......................... Exelastis pumilio (Zeller)
6 Valva bifid or “bird-headed” in shape distally.............................................................................................7
- Valva simple, rounded distally ......................................... Platyptilia calodactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller)
7 Valva bifid distally......................................................................................................................................8
- Valva somewhat “bird-headed” in shape distally ....................................................................................... 9
8 Valva between sacculus and cucullus deeply indented........................................... Nippoptilia minor Hori
- Valva between sacculus and cucullus not indented .............................................. Nippoptilia vitis (Sasaki)
9 Valva with a large overriding cucullus ....................................................... Asiaephorus sythoffi (Snellen)
- Valva without overriding cucullus.............................................................................................................10
10 Saccus elongate, forked apically ...................................................... Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker)
- Saccus subtriangular, acute apically .............................. Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer)
11 Forewing cleft at near 2/3, lobes relatively wide.......................................................................................12
- Forewing cleft at middle or before, lobes slender.....................................................................................14
12 R4 stalked with R3 or R 5 in forewing ............................................................ Adaina microdactyla (Hübner)
- R2 - R5 free in forewing..............................................................................................................................13
13 Right sacculus with sclerotized finger-shaped process at apex .................. Hellinsia sichuana Arenberger
- Right sacculus fused with valva at apex, without finger-shaped process ........ Hellinsia lienigiana (Zeller)
14 Left sacculus with stout spiny process ....................................................... Pterophorus attenuatus sp. nov.
- Left sacculus with relatively slender process...........................................................................................15
15 Sacculus with nearly “S-shaped” process, anellus with arm from middle .................................................... ......................................................................................................... Pterophorus pentadactylus (Linnaeus)
- Sacculus with semicircular process, anellus with arm from distal 2/3 ............ Pterophorus maolanensis Li
description: Published as part of Hao, Shulian, Kendrick, Roger C. & Li, Houhun, 2008, Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Pterophoridae, with description of one new species (Insecta, Lepidoptera), pp. 37-48 in Zootaxa 1821 on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274374