PTEROPHORIDAE
(plume moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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AGDISTINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 images
Agdistis
a genus of moths
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 3 images
PTEROPHORINAE
a subfamily of moths
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 		Subfamily 7 subtaxa 35 images 1 ident. refs
Pterophoridae (unidentified)
Unidentified Plume Moths
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 		Unidentified 3 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths)
SuperfamilyPTEROPHOROIDEA (plume moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Hart, C. 2011 British Plume Moths 278pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

Microscopy

Pierce, F.N. & Metcalfe, J.W. 1984 The Genitalia of the Pyrales with the Deltoids and Plumes Reprint edition, 75+29 Platespp, E. W. Classey

PTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths)
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