The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. 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".
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though...
rose plume moth, is a moth of the superfamily Pterophoroidea, family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Northern Hemisphere, except for Greenland, Southeast...
as the T-moth or morning-glory plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. It was first described...
Geina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geina. Wikispecies has information related to Geina. Geina...
Singularia alternaria is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Argentina, Chile and Ecuador. The wingspan is 13–21 mm. Adults have been recorded...
An estimated 150 species of Lepidoptera, the order comprising butterflies and moths, have been recorded in the North Atlantic archipelago of the Azores...
pupae resembles a chrysalis, e.g.: the plume winged moths of the family Pterophoridae and some geometrid moths. A cocoon is a silk case that the larvae of...
Platyptilia carduidactyla, the artichoke plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Riley in 1869. It is found in New Zealand and North America...
pentadactyla, commonly known as the white plume moth, is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the West Palearctic including North Africa and Europe...
Adaina scalesiae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, where it was discovered by Bernard Landry on Bella Vista...
Emmelina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. The species seem to be polyphagous, but representatives...
Geina buscki is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It known from Southeast Canada and Eastern United States, including Tennessee and Mississippi. The...
Agdistis karakalensis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Iran, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. "ADW: Agdistis karakalensis: CLASSIFICATION"...
Hellinsia homodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America (including New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, California, Ontario...
Nippoptilia issikii is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, that is known from Japan (Hokkaido), and Korea and China. The wingspan is 14–16 millimetres...
Pterophoridae. It is found in Iran. The wingspan is 20–24 mm. Notes on the tribes Platyptiliini and Exelastini from Iran (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)...
Lepidoptera of Bermuda consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Bermuda. According to a recent estimate, there are a total...
Agdistis sissia is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Georgia. Nupponen, K. (2022)...
Agdistis asthenes is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Mongolia and Kazakhstan. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are bright...
Stenoptilodes sematodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Argentina. The wingspan is 18–22 millimetres (0.71–0.87 in). Adults...
argoteles (also known as the reed-bed plume) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in...
Adaina hodias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil (Mato Grosso, São Paulo), Costa Rica, Venezuela (Mérida), Ecuador and Mexico...
Agdistis flavissima is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known to occur in China (Xinjiang), Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan...
Vietteilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae endemic to Africa. Vietteilus borbonica (Viette, 1957) Vietteilus stenoptilioides Gibeaux,...
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