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Pterophorus Schaeffer, 1766
Pterophorus Schaeffer, 1766; Elementa Entomologica: pl. 104, f. 2, 3, TS: Phalaena pentadactyla Linnaeus
Pterophorus Geoffroy, 1762; Hist. abrégée insectes ... 2: 90 (suppressed ICZN Op. 228)
Plumiger Valmont-Bomare, 1791; unavailable (ICZN Op. 228)
Pterophora Hübner, [1806]; suppressed (ICZN Op. 97)
Pterophora Hübner, 1822; , TS: Phalaena pentadactyla Linnaeus
Aciptilia Hübner, [1925]; , TS: Phalaena pentadactyla Linnaeus
= ; [NACL, 87]
Aciptilus Zeller, 1841; Isis von Oken 1841 (10): 768 (emend.)
Acoptilia Agassiz, 1847; emendation
Pterophorus (Pterophorinae) ; [NACL, 87]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Alucita auct.; (ICZN Op. 703)

Pterophorus volgensis Möschler, 1862

fiPterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
EU, Asia Minor - Iran. See [About maps] Isosulkaperhonen Valkosulkaperhonen
Alucita pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 542
Phalaena tridactyla Scopoli, 1763; Ent. Carniolica: 257
Pterophorus pentadactyla, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Pterophorus pentadactyla, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Pterophorus pentadactylus ;
[pentadactyla-1.jpg] 865x600 (~80Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov [pentadactyla-2.jpg] 932x645 (~75Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 3.8.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Convolvulus arvensis, Calystegia sepium [ME1]



Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Treitschke, 1835)
SEU, Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, North Africa, South Africa. See [About maps] Alucita ischnodactyla Treitschke, 1835; Schmett. Eur. 10 (3): 222
Aciptilia actinodactyla Chrétien, 1891; Le Nat. (2) 5 / 13 : 99
Aciptilia eburnella Amsel, 1968; Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. 191: 14

Larva on Convolvulus cantabricus [ME1]


Pterophorus walsinghami (Fernald, 1898)
Pterophorus walsinghami ; [NACL, #6153]


9.10.2011 (4)

References:
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[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[Ian Kimber]
http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/
[ME1]
Cees Gielis, 1996; Pterophoridae; In P. Huemer, O. Karsholt & L. Lyneborg (eds.); Microlepidoptera of Europe 1: 1-222
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)


Some related literature:
Chrétien, 1891
Description de micro-lèpidoptères nouveaux Le Nat. (2) 5 / 13 : 99
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Zeller, 1841
Pterophorides, einer Nachtfalterfamilie Isis von Oken 1841 (10): 755-794, (11-12): 827-893


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