page_title: Pterophoridae
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Pterophoridae / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: English: Platyptilia falcatalis, Meadow Street, Papanui, New Zealand, 13 October 2004
context_page_description: The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".
context_section_description: The small group of moths in the genus Agdistopis has often been treated as a subfamily Macropiratinae within the Pterophoridae, but recent research indicates that this group should be considered a separate family.
  The family is divided into the following subfamilies, tribes and genera, some species are also listed:
  Subfamily Agdistinae
  Genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825
  Agdistis bouyeri
  Agdistis linnaei
  Subfamily Ochyroticinae
  Genus Ochyrotica
  Ochyrotica bjoernstadti
  Subfamily Deuterocopinae Gielis, 1993
  Genus Deuterocopus
  Genus Heptaloba
  Genus Hexadactilia
  Genus Leptodeuterocopus
  Subfamily Pterophorinae Zeller, 1841
  Tribe Tetraschalini
  Genus Tetraschalis
  Genus Titanoptilus
  Genus Walsinghamiella
  Tribe Platyptiliini
  Genus Amblyptilia Hübner, 1825
  Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
  Genus Anstenoptilia
  Genus Asiaephorus
  Genus Bigotilia
  Genus Bipunctiphorus
  Genus Buszkoiana
  Genus Cnaemidophorus Wallengren, 1862
  Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla
  Genus Crocydoscelus
  Genus Fletcherella
  Genus Gillmeria Tutt, 1905
  Gillmeria ochrodactyla
  Genus Inferuncus
  Genus Koremaguia
  Genus Lantanophaga Zimmermann, 1958
  Lantanophaga pusillidactyla
  Genus Leesi
  Genus Lioptilodes
  Genus Melanoptilia
  Genus Michaelophorus
  Genus Nippoptilia
  Genus Paraamblyptilia
  Genus Paraplatyptilia
  Genus Platyptilia Hübner, 1825
  Platyptilia aarviki
  Platyptilia carduidactyla – artichoke plume moth
  Platyptilia celidotus
  Platyptilia eberti
  Platyptilia falcatalis
  Platyptilia gonodactyla
  Platyptilia nussi
  Genus Platyptiliodes
  Genus Postplatyptilia
  Genus Quadriptilia
  Genus Sinpunctiptilia
  Sinpunctiptilia emissalis
  Genus Sochchora
  Genus Sphenarches
  Genus Stenoptilia Hübner, 1825
  Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla
  Stenoptilia kiitulo
  Stenoptilia pterodactyla
  Stenoptilia zophodactylus
  Genus Stenoptilodes Zimmermann, 1958
  Stenoptilodes antirrhina – snapdragon plume moth
  Genus Stockophorus
  Genus Uroloba
  Genus Vietteilus
  Genus Xyroptila Tribe Exelastini
  Genus Arcoptilia
  Genus Exelastis
  Exelastis caroli
  Genus Fuscoptilia
  Genus Marasmarcha
  Genus Parafuscoptilia
  Tribe Oxyptilini
  Genus Apoxyptilus Alipanah et al., 2010
  Genus Buckleria Tutt, 1905
  Buckleria vanderwolfi
  Genus Capperia
  Genus Crombrugghia
  Genus Dejongia
  Genus Eucapperia
  Eucapperia continentalis
  Genus Geina
  Genus Intercapperia
  Genus Megalorhipida Amsel, 1935
  Megalorrhipida leucodactyla
  Genus Oxyptilus
  Genus Paracapperia
  Genus Prichotilus Rose and Pooni, 2003
  Genus Procapperia
  Genus Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah et al., 2010
  Genus Stangeia Tutt, 1905
  Stangeia xerodes
  Genus Stenodacma
  Genus Tomotilus
  Genus Trichoptilus
  Tribe Oidaematophorini
  Genus Adaina
  Genus Crassuncus
  Genus Emmelina Tutt, 1905
  Emmelina monodactyla
  Genus Gypsochares
  Genus Hellinsia Tutt, 1905
  Hellinsia balanotes
  Hellinsia emmelinoida
  Genus Helpaphorus
  Genus Karachia
  Genus Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 1862
  Oidaematophorus beneficus
  Genus Picardia
  Genus Pselnophorus Wallengren, 1881
  Pselnophorus meruensis
  Genus Puerphorus
  Genus Setosipennula
  Tribe Pterophorini
  Genus Calyciphora
  Genus Cosmoclostis
  Cosmoclostis aglaodesma
  Cosmoclostis hemiadelpha
  Cosmoclostis pesseuta
  Genus Diacrotricha
  Genus Imbophorus
  Imbophorus aptalis
  Imbophorus leucophasmus
  Imbophorus pallidus
  Genus Merrifieldia
  Genus Oirata
  Genus Patagonophorus
  Genus Porrittia
  Genus Pterophorus
  Pterophorus pentadactyla – white plume moth
  Genus Septuaginta
  Genus Singularia
  Genus Tabulaephorus
  Genus Wheeleria Tutt, 1905
  Wheeleria spilodactylus
caption: Platyptilia falcatalis
  (Pterophorinae: Platyptiliini)
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