Arcoptilia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterophoroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Pterophoroidea

Familia: Pterophoridae
Subfamilia: Pterophorinae
Tribus: Exelastini
Genus: Arcoptilia
Species: A. gizan – A. malawica – A. naumanni – A. pongola

Name

Arcoptilia Arenberger, 1985

Type species: Arcoptilia gizan Arenberger, 1985, by original designation and monotypy.

References

• Arenberger, E., 1985: Contribution to the distribution of the Pterophoridae in Saudi-Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7: 165–171.
• Gielis, C., 2003: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera).
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya. & Kovtunovich, V.N., 2010: On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic). Euroasian Entomological Journal 9(4): 689-719. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. 2015. A new species of the genus Arcoptilia Arenberger (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Angola. Zootaxa 4006(1): 198–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page.