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PTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Pterophoridae Imago, close-ups photographed through window 20 October 2005 Berks England 3

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #webs
Species Adaina microdactyla Hubner (a plume moth)   13 2
Species Agdistis bennetii Curtis (a plume moth)   3  
Species Emmelina monodactyla Linnaeus (a plume moth)   8  
Genus Leioptilus 1    
Species Leioptilus tephradactyla Hubner (a plume moth)     1
Species Oidaematophorus lithodactyla Treitschke (a plume moth)     1
Genus Platyptilia 2    
Species Platyptilia gonodactyla Denis & Schiffermuller (a plume moth)   1  
Species Platyptilia pallidactyla (a plume moth)   2  
Genus Pterophorus (a genus of plume moths) 2    
Species Pterophorus baliodactylus Zeller (a plume moth)   2  
Species Pterophorus pentadactyla Linnaeus (White Plume Moth)   8 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

The leaf and stem mines of British flies and oher insects (TEST VERSION): http://www.ukflymines.co.uk (leaf/stem mining species) Web Site/Page

PTEROPHORIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PTEROPHOROIDEA
(plume moths)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with PTEROPHORIDAE:

Pterophoridae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

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