Pterophorus

Pterophorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.

Pterophorus
Pterophorus pentadactyla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Tribe:	Pterophorini
Genus:	Pterophorus Schäffer, 1766
Synonyms
Pterophorus Geoffroy, 1762 (suppressed) Plumiger Valmont-Bomare, 1791 (unavailable) Pterophora Hübner, 1806 (suppressed) Pterophora Hübner, 1822 Aciptilia Hübner, 1825 Aciptilus Zeller, 1841 (emendation) Ptorophorus Zeller, 1841 (incorrect spelling) Acoptilia Agassiz, 1847 (emendation) Acoptilus Agassiz, 1847 (emendation) Acyptilus de Graaf, 1859 (incorrect spelling) Alucita auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Pterophorus africanus Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010
• Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)
• Pterophorus aliubasignum Gielis, 2000
• Pterophorus ashanti Arenberger, 1995
• Pterophorus bacteriopa
• Pterophorus baliolus
• Pterophorus candidalis
• Pterophorus ceraunia
• Pterophorus chosokeialis
• Pterophorus cleronoma
• Pterophorus dallastai
• Pterophorus denticulata
• Pterophorus ebbei
• Pterophorus elaeopus
• Pterophorus erratus
• Pterophorus flavus
• Pterophorus furcatalis
• Pterophorus innotatalis
• Pterophorus ischnodactyla
• Pterophorus kuningus
• Pterophorus lacteipennis
• Pterophorus lamottei
• Pterophorus lampra
• Pterophorus legrandi
• Pterophorus leucadactylus
• Pterophorus lieftincki
• Pterophorus lindneri
• Pterophorus massai
• Pterophorus melanopoda
• Pterophorus monospilalis
• Pterophorus nigropunctatus
• Pterophorus niveodactyla
• Pterophorus niveus
• Pterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pterophorus rhyparias
• Pterophorus spissa
• Pterophorus tinsuki
• Pterophorus uzungwe
• Pterophorus virgo
• Pterophorus volgensis (Moschler, 1862), 1862
• Pterophorus wahlbergi