Michaelophorus

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: Platyptiliini
Genus: Michaelophorus
Species:
M. bahiaensis – M. dentiger – M. hodgesi – M. indentatus – M. margaritae – M. nubilus – M. salensis – M. schafferi

Name

Michaelophorus Gielis, 1999

Type species: Oxyptilus nubilus Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Schafferia Gielis, 1993, Homonym of Schafferia Walcott, 1917 (Crustacea).
• Michaelophorus Gielis, 1999 (replacement name for Schafferia Gielis 1993: 36)

References

Additional references

• Gielis, C., 2003: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera).
• Gielis, C., 2006: Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deutero- copinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera).. Zoologische Mededelingen 80-2 (1): 1–290. Full article: [1]
• Matthews, D.L., Miller, J.Y., Simon, M.J. & Goss, G.J. 2019: Additions to the plume moth fauna of The Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) with description of four new species. Insecta Mundi 0708: 1–35. Reference page.