PTEROPHORIDAE
(plume moths)

PTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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references
PTEROPHORINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 5 subtaxa 7 trophisms 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths)

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:

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to PTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths):

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