Plume Moths - Pterophoridae
Photo by Diana Davey
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Subfamily: Deuterocoponia
Deuterocopus honoratus (likely occurrence)
Hexadactilia civilis
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
Tribe: Exelastini
Dwarf Plume Moth - Exelastis pumilio
Tribe: Oidaematophorini
Groundsel Plume Moth - Hellinsia balanotes
Tribe: Oxyptilini
Sundew Plume Moth - Buckleria paludum
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Spiderling Plume Moth - Megalorhipida leucodactylus
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D 241 - D.Davey
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Fire-flag Plume Moth - Sphenarches anisodactylus
Stangeia xerodes
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Trichoptilus ceramodes
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D 255 - D.Davey
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Trichoptilus inclitus
Trichoptilus scythrodes
Tribe: Platyptiliini
Bipunctiphorus euctimena
Lantana Plume Moth - Lantanophaga pusillidactylus
Nippoptilia cinctipedalis
Spotted White-winged Plume Moth - Platyptilia celidotus
Sinpunctiptilia emissalis
Stenoptilia zophodactylus
Complex: Stenoptilodes brevipennis
Sri Lanka Plume Moth - Stenoptilodes taprobanes
Sri Lanka Plume Moth - Stenoptilodes taprobanes
Tribe: Pterophorini
Cosmoclostis aglaodesma
Imbophorus aptalis
Imbophorus leucophasma
Pterophorus albidus
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Horehound Plumed Moth - Wheeleria spilodactylus
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D 256 - D.Davey
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Tribe: Tetraschalini
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Tetraschalis arachnodes
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
> Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
> Class: Insecta (Insects)
> Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
> Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
> Superfamily: Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)
> Family: Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)
> Subfamily: Deuterocoponia
> Genus: Deuterocopus
> Species: D. honoratus *
> Genus: Hexadactilia
> Species: H. civilis
> Subfamily: Pterophorinae
> Tribe: Exelastini
> Genus: Exelastis
> Species: E. pumilio - Dwarf Plume Moth
> Tribe: Oidaematophorini
> Genus: Hellinsia
> Species: H. balanotes - Groundsel Plume Moth
> Tribe: Oxyptilini
> Genus: Buckleria
> Species: B. paludum - Sundew Plume Moth
> Genus: Megalorhipida
> Species: M. leucodactylus - Spiderling Plume Moth
> Genus: Sphenarches
> Species: S. anisodactylus - Fire-flag Plume Moth
> Genus: Stangeia
> Species: S. xerodes
> Genus: Trichoptilus
> Species: T. ceramodes
> Species: T. inclitus
> Species: T. scythrodes
> Tribe: Platyptiliini
> Genus: Bipunctiphorus
> Species: B. euctimena
> Genus: Lantanophaga
> Species: L. pusillidactylus - Lantana Plume Moth
> Genus: Nippoptilia
> Species: N. cinctipedalis
> Genus: Platyptilia
> Species: P. celidotus - Spotted White-winged Plume Moth
> Genus: Sinpunctiptilia
> Species: S. emissalis
> Genus: Stenoptilia
> Species: S. zophodactylus
> Genus: Stenoptilodes
> Complex: Stenoptilodes brevipennis
> Species: S. taprobanes - Sri Lanka Plume Moth
> Tribe: Pterophorini
> Genus: Cosmoclostis
> Species: C. aglaodesma
> Genus: Imbophorus
> Species: I. aptalis
> Species: I. leucophasma
> Genus: Pterophorus
> Species: P. albidus
> Genus: Wheeleria
> Species: W. spilodactylus - Horehound Plume Moth
> Tribe: Tetraschalini
> Genus: Tetraschalis
> Species: T. arachnodes
^ = possibly
* = likely
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
> Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
> Class: Insecta (Insects)
> Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
> Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
> Superfamily: Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)
> Family: Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)
> Subfamily: Deuterocoponia
> Genus: Deuterocopus
> Species: D. honoratus *
> Genus: Hexadactilia
> Species: H. civilis
> Subfamily: Pterophorinae
> Tribe: Exelastini
> Genus: Exelastis
> Species: E. pumilio - Dwarf Plume Moth
> Tribe: Oidaematophorini
> Genus: Hellinsia
> Species: H. balanotes - Groundsel Plume Moth
> Tribe: Oxyptilini
> Genus: Buckleria
> Species: B. paludum - Sundew Plume Moth
> Genus: Megalorhipida
> Species: M. leucodactylus - Spiderling Plume Moth
> Genus: Sphenarches
> Species: S. anisodactylus - Fire-flag Plume Moth
> Genus: Stangeia
> Species: S. xerodes
> Genus: Trichoptilus
> Species: T. ceramodes
> Species: T. inclitus
> Species: T. scythrodes
> Tribe: Platyptiliini
> Genus: Bipunctiphorus
> Species: B. euctimena
> Genus: Lantanophaga
> Species: L. pusillidactylus - Lantana Plume Moth
> Genus: Nippoptilia
> Species: N. cinctipedalis
> Genus: Platyptilia
> Species: P. celidotus - Spotted White-winged Plume Moth
> Genus: Sinpunctiptilia
> Species: S. emissalis
> Genus: Stenoptilia
> Species: S. zophodactylus
> Genus: Stenoptilodes
> Complex: Stenoptilodes brevipennis
> Species: S. taprobanes - Sri Lanka Plume Moth
> Tribe: Pterophorini
> Genus: Cosmoclostis
> Species: C. aglaodesma
> Genus: Imbophorus
> Species: I. aptalis
> Species: I. leucophasma
> Genus: Pterophorus
> Species: P. albidus
> Genus: Wheeleria
> Species: W. spilodactylus - Horehound Plume Moth
> Tribe: Tetraschalini
> Genus: Tetraschalis
> Species: T. arachnodes
^ = possibly
* = likely
References and links:
Photographic contributions:
Davey, Diana. D 244 - D 255 - D 256.
Davey, Diana. D 244 - D 255 - D 256.