Ptilophora Stephens

Ptilophora plumigera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

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 Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Notodontidae
Subfamilia: Ptilodontinae
Genus: Ptilophora
Species: P. ala – P. fuscior – P. horieaurea – P. jezoensis – P. kashgara – P. nanlingensis – P. nebrodensis – P. nohirae – P. plumigera – P. rufula – P. variabilis

Name

Ptilophora Stephens, 1828: 29

Type species: Phalaena variegata Villers, 1789

References

Primary references

• Stephens, J.F. 1829. Illustrations of British entomology, or a synopsis of indigenous insects, containing their generic and specific distinctions, with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Haustellata, Vol. II. Baldwin & Cradock, London. 202 pp., pls. 13–24. BHL

Additional references

• Chen, L.; Huang, G.; Wang, M. 2010: The genus Ptilophora (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) in China, with description of a new species. ZooKeys, 61: 69–75. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.61.494
• Infusino, M., Hausmann, A. & Scalercio, S. 2018. Ptilophora variabilis Hartig, 1968, bona species, and description of Ptilophora nebrodensis sp. n. from Sicily (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) Zootaxa 4369(2): 237–252. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.2.5. Reference page. 
• Kishida, Y. & Kobayashi, H. 2002. Two new species of the genus Ptilophora (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) from China. Tinea 17(2): 73–80. Reference page. 
• Wu, S., Owada, M. & Fu, C.-M. 2013: Rediscovery of two rare ptilodontines in Taiwan: Himeropteryx yui Okano, 1969 stat. nov. and Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi, 1994 (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae). Zootaxa 3702(2): 193–197. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.2.8. . Reference page. 
• Wu, S., Owada, M. & Fu, C.-M. 2013. Erratum: SHIPHER WU, MAMORU OWADA & CHIEN-MING FU (2013) Rediscovery of two rare ptilodontines in Taiwan: Himeropteryx yui Okano, 1969 stat. nov. and Ptilophora rufula Kobayashi, 1994 (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae). Zootaxa, 3702 (2), 193–197. Zootaxa 3710(2): 200–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.2.7 Reference page. 

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