Pterophoridae
| Pterophoridae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Pterophorus pentadactyla | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Pterophoroidea |
| Family: | Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Pterophorus pentadactyla | |
| Subfamilies | |
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| Diversity | |
| >90 genera >1,000 species | |
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. 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".