Biology:List of moths of India (Pterophoridae)

This is a list of moths of the family Pterophoridae that are found in India . It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of India.

Subfamily Pterophorinae

• Amblyptilia forcipata (Zeller, 1867)
• Buckleria paludum (Zeller, 1839)
• Calyciphora sesamitis (Meyrick, 1905)
• Cosmoclostis auxileuca (Meyrick, 1907)
• Cosmoclostis leucomecola T. B. Fletcher, 1947
• Cosmoclostis pesseuta Meyrick, 1906
• Cosmoclostis premnicola T. B. Fletcher, 1932
• Crombrugghia clarisignis (Meyrick, 1924)
• Crombrugghia distans ( Zeller, 1847)
• Diacrotricha fasciola (Zeller, 1851)
• Emmelina argoteles (Meyrick, 1922)
• Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Exelastis atomosa (Walsingham, 1885)
• Exelastis crepuscularis (Meyrick, 1910)
• Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911)
• Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
• Gypsochares catharotes (Meyrick, 1907)
• Gypsochares kukti Arenberger, 1989
• Hellinsia aruna Arenberger, 1991
• Hellinsia distinctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Hellinsia fletcheri Arenberger, 1992
• Hellinsia fuscomarginata Arenberger, 1991
• Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)
• Hellinsia pectodactyla (Staudinger, 1859)
• Hellinsia shillongi Kovtunovich, 2003
• Hellinsia siniaevi Kovtunovich, 2003
• Hellinsia triadias (Meyrick, 1907)
• Hellinsia umrani Kovtunovich, 2003
• Intercapperia scindia Arenberger, 1988
• Koremaguia alticola (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Koremaguia aurantidactyla Hampson, 1891
• Lantanophaga anellatus Rose & Pooni, 2003
• Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker, 1864)
• Megalorhipida congrualis (Walker, 1864)
• Megalorhipida defectalis (Walker, 1864)
• Megalorhipida gielisi Rose & Pooni, 2003
• Megalorhipida paradefectalis Rose & Pooni, 2003
• Merrifieldia caspia (Lederer, 1870)
• Merrifieldia flavus (Arenberger, 1991)
• Oidaematophorus harpactes (Meyrick, 1908)
• Oidaematophorus hirosakianus (Matsumura, 1931)
• Oidaematophorus parshuramus Rose & Pooni, 2003
• Oidaematophorus procontias (Meyrick, 1908)
• Oidaematophorus sematias (Meyrick, 1908)
• Oidaematophorus triadias (Meyrick, 1908)
• Oxyptilus causodes Meyrick, 1905
• Oxyptilus chordites Meyrick, 1913
• Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1907
• Oxyptilus lactucae T. B. Fletcher, 1920
• Oxyptilus regalis T. B. Fletcher, 1909
• Oxyptilus regulus Meyrick, 1906
• Platyptilia cacaliae T. B. Fletcher, 1920
• Platyptilia citropleura Meyrick, 1907
• Platyptilia dejecta Meyrick, 1932
• Platyptilia direptalis (Walker, 1864)
• Platyptilia duneraensis Rose & Pooni, 2003
• Platyptilia euctimena Turner, 1913
• Platyptilia exaltatus (Zeller, 1867)
• Platyptilia gonodactylus (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Platyptilia ignifera Meyrick, 1908
• Platyptilia isocrates Meyrick, 1924
• Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906
• Platyptilia rhododactylus (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Platyptilia sedata Meyrick, 1932
• Platyptilia superscandens T. B. Fletcher, 1940
• Platyptilia triphracta Meyrick, 1932
• Procapperia pelecyntes (Meyrick, 1907)
• Procapperia orientalis Arenberger, 1988
• Pselnophorus albitarsellus (Walsingham, 1900)
• Pterophorus elaeopus (Meyrick, 1908)
• Pterophorus lacteipennis (Walker, 1864)
• Pterophorus leucodactylus ( Walker, 1864)
• Pterophorus melanopodus (T. B. Fletcher, 1907)
• Pterophorus nigropunctatus Arenberger, 1989
• Pterophorus niveodactyla (Pagenstecher, 1900)
• Pterophorus tinsuki Kovtunovich, 2003
• Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Sphenarches zanclistes (Meyrick, 1905)
• Stenodacma pyrrhodes (Meyrick, 1889)
• Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)
• Stenoptilia caroli Arenberger, 1988
• Stenoptilia petraea Meyrick, 1907
• Stenoptilodes brachymorpha (Meyrick, 1888)
• Stenoptilodes taprobanes (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Tetraschalis deltozela Meyrick, 1924
• Tetraschalis ischnites Meyrick, 1907
• Tetraschalis ochrias Meyrick, 1907
• Tomotilus saitoi Yano, 1961
• Trichoptilus archeodes Meyrick, 1913
• Trichoptilus bidens Meyrick, 1930
• Trichoptilus paludicola T. B. Fletcher, 1907
• Trichoptilus pelias Meyrick, 1907
• Trichoptilus xerodes Meyrick, 1886
• Xyroptila caminites Meyrick, 1908
• Xyroptila oenophanes Meyrick, 1908
• Xyroptila predator Meyrick, 1910
• Xyroptila soma Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006
• Xyroptila tectonica Meyrick, 1914
• Xyroptila vaughani T. B. Fletcher, 1909

Subfamily Deuterocopinae

• Deuterocopus alopecodes Meyrick, 1911
• Deuterocopus atrapex T. B. Fletcher, 1909
• Deuterocopus dorites Meyrick, 1913
• Deuterocopus fervens Meyrick, 1913
• Deuterocopus planeta Meyrick, 1908
• Deuterocopus ritsemae Walsingham, 1884
• Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907

Subfamily Ochyroticinae

• Ochyrotica connexiva (Walshingham, 1891)
• Ochyrotica concursa (Walshingham, 1891)
• Ochyrotica yanoi Arenberger, 1988

Subfamily Agdistinae

• Agdistopis sinhala (T. B. Fletcher, 1909)

External links

• A Check-List of Microlepidoptera of India (Part-I: Family Pterophoridae)
• Arensberger, E. (2010). Stichprobenartige Untersuchungen der Fauna Thailands (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreich Entomologen (62):1-16.(in German)