False Plume Moths

The Tineodidae or false plume moths are a family of moths with in some cases unusually modified wings. As with most Pterophoridae (plume moths), the wings of several Tineodidae are longitudinally split. In insects with divided wings Pterophoridae have two or three segments in the forewing and three in the hindwing, but Tineodidae have only two segments in each wing.

This is a small family, with about a global total of 20 species described to date, although ome undescribed species are believed to exist. They seem to be of Australian origin, where they are most diverse, but range through the Wallacea to Southeast and South Asia, and into the Pacific to the Marquesas Islands.