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Plume Moths
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Plume Moths

Pterophoridae

The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "Microlepidoptera".

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Pterophorinae

subfamilyPterophorinae

Cleftless-winged Plume Moths

subfamilyAgdistinae

Deuterocopinae

subfamilyDeuterocopinae

Ochyroticinae

subfamilyOchyroticinae

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