Pselnophorus

Pselnophorus
Pselnophorus jaechi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Tribe:	Oidaematophorini
Genus:	Pselnophorus Wallengren, 1881
Species
18
Synonyms
Crasimetis Meyrick, 1890

Pselnophorus is a genus of moths in the plume moth family, Pterophoridae. They are native to the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa. As of 2014 the genus contains eighteen species.[1]

Species include:

• Pselnophorus albitarsella (Walsingham, 1900)
• Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881)
• Pselnophorus brevispinus S.L.Hao & H.H.Li, 2008[2]
• Pselnophorus chihuahuaensis Matthews, Gielis, and Watkins, 2014[1]
• Pselnophorus ducis Gibeaux, 1994
• Pselnophorus emeishanensis Arenberger, 2002
• Pselnophorus heterodactyla (Müller, 1764)
• Pselnophorus hodgesi Matthews, Gielis, and Watkins, 2014[1]
• Pselnophorus jaechi Arenberger, 1993
• Pselnophorus japonicus Marumo, 1923
• Pselnophorus kutisi Matthews, Gielis, and Watkins, 2014[1]
• Pselnophorus laudatus Bigot, 1964
• Pselnophorus pachyceros Meyrick, 1921
• Pselnophorus poggei (Mann, 1862)
• Pselnophorus vilis (Butler, 1881)
• Pselnophorus zulu Ustjuzhanin et Kovtunovich, 2010

References

1. Matthews, D. L., et al. (2014). Three new species of Pselnophorus plume moths from southern United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Insecta Mundi 2014 0364.
2. Hao, S. and H. Li. (2008). The genus Pselnophorus Wallengren from Mainland China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 1755 61-67.