Titanoptilus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterophoroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
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: Tetraschalini
Genus:
Species: T. bigoti – T. laniger – T. melanodonta – T. murkwe – T. patellatus – T. procerus – T. prolai – T. rufus – T. serrulatus – T. stenodactylus

Name

Titanoptilus Hampson, 1905

Type species: Titanoptilus melanodonta Hampson, 1905. by monotypy.

References

  • Hampson, G.F. 1905. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume V: Noctuidae: Hadeninae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xvi + 634 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Bigot, L. 1969: Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, à Tervuren. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines, 79(1-2): 165–206. Reference page. 
  • Gibeaux, C., 1994: Fauna de Madagascar 81 Insectes Lépidoptères Pterophoridae
  • Gielis, C., 2003: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera).
  • Kovtunovich, V. & P. Ustjuzhanin, 2012: On the fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae Hübner) of Swaziland. Amurian Zoological Journal 4 (2): 160–163. Full article: [1]
  • 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., Kovtunovich, V.N., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Fokam, E.B. & Tropek, R. 2025. Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of a recently discovered lepidopteran diversity hotspot in the Mount Cameroon area, with descriptions of four new species. ZooKeys 1231: 145–168. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.139530 Open access Reference page.