''Pselnophorus'' is a genus 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 in the
plume moth
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 ...
family, Pterophoridae. They are native to the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa. As of 2014 the genus contains eighteen species.
[Matthews, D. L., et al. (2014)]
Three new species of ''Pselnophorus'' plume moths from southern United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae).
''Insecta Mundi'' 2014 0364.
Species include:
*''
Pselnophorus albitarsella''
(Walsingham, 1900)
*''
Pselnophorus belfragei''
(Fish, 1881)
*''
Pselnophorus brevispinus''
S.L.Hao & H.H.Li, 2008[Hao, S. and H. Li. (2008)]
The genus ''Pselnophorus'' Wallengren from Mainland China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae).
''Zootaxa'' 1755 61-67.
*''
Pselnophorus chihuahuaensis''
Matthews, Gielis, and Watkins, 2014[
*'' Pselnophorus ducis'' Gibeaux, 1994
*'' Pselnophorus emeishanensis'' Arenberger, 2002
*'' Pselnophorus heterodactyla'' (Müller, 1764)
*'' Pselnophorus hodgesi'' Matthews, Gielis, and Watkins, 2014][
*'' Pselnophorus jaechi'' Arenberger, 1993
*'' Pselnophorus japonicus'' Marumo, 1923
*'' Pselnophorus kutisi'' Matthews, Gielis, and Watkins, 2014][
*'' Pselnophorus laudatus'' Bigot, 1964
*'' Pselnophorus pachyceros'' Meyrick, 1921
*'' Pselnophorus poggei'' (Mann, 1862)
*'' Pselnophorus vilis'' (Butler, 1881)
*'' Pselnophorus zulu'' Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich, 2010
]
References
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Oidaematophorini
Taxa named by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren