This is a list of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Pterophoridae that are found in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full
List of moths of India
The following is a list of the moths of India. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 species of moths exist in India.
Family lists for Indian moths
* Alucitidae
* Bombycidae
* Brachodidae
* Brahmaeidae
* Choreutidae
* Cosmopterigidae
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Subfamily Pterophorinae
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Amblyptilia forcipata
''Amblyptilia forcipata'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from India (Sikkim and Darjeeling).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For ...
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(Zeller, 1867)
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Buckleria paludum''
(Zeller, 1839)
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Calyciphora sesamitis''
(Meyrick, 1905)
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Cosmoclostis auxileuca
''Cosmoclostis auxileuca'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Assam, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most popu ...
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(Meyrick, 1907)
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Cosmoclostis leucomecola''
T. B. Fletcher, 1947
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Cosmoclostis pesseuta
''Cosmoclostis pesseuta'' is a species of moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka but has also been recorded from New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Recently, it has also been collected in Queensland
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Meyrick, 1906
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Cosmoclostis premnicola''
T. B. Fletcher, 1932
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Crombrugghia clarisignis''
(Meyrick, 1924)
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Crombrugghia distans''
( Zeller, 1847)
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Diacrotricha fasciola''
(Zeller, 1851)
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Emmelina argoteles
''Emmelina 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 1922.
Description
The wingspan is about 17 mm.
The larvae feed on hedge ...
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(Meyrick, 1922)
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Emmelina monodactyla
''Emmelina monodactyla'' (T-moth or morning-glory plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Europe, Japan, central Asia, North Africa and North America.
Description
The wingspan is 18–27 mm. The moths fly nearly ye ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Exelastis atomosa
''Exelastis atomosa'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, India, Nepal and Iran. ''
(Walsingham, 1885)
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Exelastis crepuscularis
''Exelastis crepuscularis'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and São Tomé and Principe.
The larvae feed on ''Alysicarpus vaginalis
''Alysicarpus vaginalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume ...
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(Meyrick, 1910)
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Exelastis phlyctaenias
''Exelastis phlyctaenias'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Virgin Islands, the islands of Luzon and Palawan in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Kenya and India (Coorg), Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiop ...
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(Meyrick, 1911)
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Exelastis pumilio
''Exelastis pumilio'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has worldwide tropical distribution, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Japan, Micronesia, South Afr ...
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(Zeller, 1873)
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Gypsochares catharotes
''Gypsochares catharotes'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from South Africa, India (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji, Sikkim, Kumaon, Bhim Tal and Muktesar) and possibly Pakistan.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a ...
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(Meyrick, 1907)
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Gypsochares kukti
''Gypsochares kukti'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in India (Himalayas).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boein ...
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Arenberger, 1989
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Hellinsia aruna
''Hellinsia aruna'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Nepal.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has ...
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Arenberger, 1991
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Hellinsia distinctus''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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Hellinsia fletcheri''
Arenberger, 1992
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Hellinsia fuscomarginata''
Arenberger, 1991
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Hellinsia lienigianus''
(Zeller, 1852)
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Hellinsia pectodactyla
''Hellinsia pectodactylus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Europe (the Iberian Peninsula, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sardinia, Greece, Cyprus and southern Russia), the Canary Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, India and ...
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(Staudinger, 1859)
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Hellinsia shillongi''
Kovtunovich, 2003
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Hellinsia siniaevi
''Hellinsia siniaevi'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is endemic to India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous coun ...
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Kovtunovich, 2003
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Hellinsia triadias''
(Meyrick, 1907)
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Hellinsia umrani
''Hellinsia umrani'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is endemic to India.
References
Moths described in 2003
Hellinsia, umrani
Moths of Asia
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Kovtunovich, 2003
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Intercapperia scindia''
Arenberger, 1988
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Koremaguia alticola''
(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
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Koremaguia aurantidactyla''
Hampson, 1891
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Lantanophaga anellatus''
Rose & Pooni, 2003
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Lantanophaga pusillidactyla
''Lantanophaga pusillidactyla'', the lantana plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America. It was introduced to Australia accidentally in 1936 and is now f ...
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(Walker, 1864)
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Megalorhipida congrualis''
(Walker, 1864)
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Megalorhipida defectalis''
(Walker, 1864)
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Megalorhipida gielisi''
Rose & Pooni, 2003
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Megalorhipida paradefectalis''
Rose & Pooni, 2003
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Merrifieldia caspia''
(Lederer, 1870)
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Merrifieldia flavus''
(Arenberger, 1991)
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Oidaematophorus harpactes''
(Meyrick, 1908)
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Oidaematophorus hirosakianus''
(Matsumura, 1931)
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Oidaematophorus parshuramus''
Rose & Pooni, 2003
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Oidaematophorus procontias''
(Meyrick, 1908)
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Oidaematophorus sematias''
(Meyrick, 1908)
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Oidaematophorus triadias''
(Meyrick, 1908)
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Oxyptilus causodes''
Meyrick, 1905
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Oxyptilus chordites''
Meyrick, 1913
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Oxyptilus epidectis''
Meyrick, 1907
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Oxyptilus lactucae''
T. B. Fletcher, 1920
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Oxyptilus regalis''
T. B. Fletcher, 1909
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Oxyptilus regulus''
Meyrick, 1906
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Platyptilia cacaliae''
T. B. Fletcher, 1920
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Platyptilia citropleura''
Meyrick, 1907
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Platyptilia dejecta''
Meyrick, 1932
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Platyptilia direptalis''
(Walker, 1864)
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Platyptilia duneraensis''
Rose & Pooni, 2003
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Platyptilia euctimena''
Turner, 1913
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Platyptilia exaltatus''
(Zeller, 1867)
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Platyptilia gonodactylus''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Platyptilia ignifera''
Meyrick, 1908
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Platyptilia isocrates''
Meyrick, 1924
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Platyptilia molopias''
Meyrick, 1906
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Platyptilia rhododactylus''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Platyptilia sedata''
Meyrick, 1932
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Platyptilia superscandens''
T. B. Fletcher, 1940
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Platyptilia triphracta''
Meyrick, 1932
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Procapperia pelecyntes''
(Meyrick, 1907)
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Procapperia orientalis''
Arenberger, 1988
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Pselnophorus albitarsellus''
(Walsingham, 1900)
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Pterophorus elaeopus''
(Meyrick, 1908)
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Pterophorus lacteipennis''
(Walker, 1864)
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Pterophorus leucodactylus''
( Walker, 1864)
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Pterophorus melanopodus''
(T. B. Fletcher, 1907)
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Pterophorus nigropunctatus''
Arenberger, 1989
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Pterophorus niveodactyla''
(Pagenstecher, 1900)
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Pterophorus tinsuki''
Kovtunovich, 2003
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Sphenarches anisodactylus
The geranium plume moth (''Sphenarches anisodactylus'') is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in western Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan, the New Hebrides and Central and South America, as well as Australia, whe ...
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(Walker, 1864)
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Sphenarches zanclistes''
(Meyrick, 1905)
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Stenodacma pyrrhodes''
(Meyrick, 1889)
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Stenodacma wahlbergi''
(Zeller, 1851)
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Stenoptilia caroli''
Arenberger, 1988
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Stenoptilia petraea''
Meyrick, 1907
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Stenoptilodes brachymorpha''
(Meyrick, 1888)
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Stenoptilodes taprobanes
''Stenoptilodes taprobanes'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. This species has a pantropical distribution, which extends into subtropical areas.
The wingspan is . Its appearance is highly similar to that of ''Stenoptilodes brevipennis'' an ...
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(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
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Tetraschalis deltozela''
Meyrick, 1924
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Tetraschalis ischnites''
Meyrick, 1907
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Tetraschalis ochrias''
Meyrick, 1907
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Tomotilus saitoi''
Yano, 1961
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Trichoptilus archeodes''
Meyrick, 1913
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Trichoptilus bidens''
Meyrick, 1930
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Trichoptilus paludicola''
T. B. Fletcher, 1907
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Trichoptilus pelias''
Meyrick, 1907
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Trichoptilus xerodes''
Meyrick, 1886
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Xyroptila caminites''
Meyrick, 1908
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Xyroptila oenophanes''
Meyrick, 1908
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Xyroptila predator''
Meyrick, 1910
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Xyroptila soma''
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006
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Xyroptila tectonica''
Meyrick, 1914
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Xyroptila vaughani''
T. B. Fletcher, 1909
Subfamily
Deuterocopinae
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 assemblag ...
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Deuterocopus alopecodes
''Deuterocopus alopecodes'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in India.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777– ...
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Meyrick, 1911
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Deuterocopus atrapex
''Deuterocopus atrapex'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1909. It has been recorded from Sri Lanka, Assam, Selangor, the Tenasserim Hills, south-eastern Borneo, Ternate, Ambon Island, Batian, south ...
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T. B. Fletcher, 1909
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Deuterocopus dorites''
Meyrick, 1913
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Deuterocopus fervens''
Meyrick, 1913
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Deuterocopus planeta
''Deuterocopus planeta'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found from India, through south-east Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago
The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago ( id, Kepulauan Indonesia) or N ...
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Meyrick, 1908
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Deuterocopus ritsemae
''Deuterocopus ritsemae'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Borneo, the Moluccas and New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The head is ferruginous and the antennae are dull ferruginous, delicately spo ...
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Walsingham, 1884
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Deuterocopus socotranus
''Deuterocopus socotranus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found from India and Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Japan and through south-east Asia to New Guinea and Australia, where it is found from Townsville to Brisbane in Queensland. It i ...
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Rebel, 1907
Subfamily
Ochyroticinae
''Ochyrotica'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae and only genus in the Ochyroticinae subfamily. ''Ochyrotica'' was described by Lord Walsingham in 1891 and the subfamily Ochyroticinae was described by Lutz Thilo Wasserthal in 1970. ...
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Ochyrotica connexiva''
(Walshingham, 1891)
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Ochyrotica concursa''
(Walshingham, 1891)
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Ochyrotica yanoi
''Ochyrotica yanoi'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from New Guinea, China (Hainan and Hong Kong), Taiwan, Vietnam and the Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines and India.Agdistinae
''Agdistis'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is the only genus in the Agdistinae subfamily which was described by J. W. Tutt in 1907.
Species
*'' Agdistis aberdareana'' Arenberger, 1988
*' ...
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Agdistopis sinhala''
(T. B. Fletcher, 1909)
External links
A Check-List of Microlepidoptera of India (Part-I: Family Pterophoridae)Arensberger, E. (2010). Stichprobenartige Untersuchungen der Fauna Thailands (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). ''Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreich Entomologen'' (62):1-16.
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