''Cnaemidophorus'' is a genus of plume

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Pterophoridae 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 ...

. It was first described by

Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren (8 June 1823 – 25 October 1894) was a Swedish clergyman and entomologist. Biography He was born in Lund, Sweden. Wallengren became a student at Lund University from 1842, was ordained a priest in 1847 and was ap ...

in 1862.

Species

*'' Cnaemidophorus horribilis'' Gibeaux, 1996 *'' Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – rose plume moth *'' Cnaemidophorus smithi'' Gielis, 1992 *'' Cnaemidophorus urbicella'' Zagulajev, 2002

References

Platyptiliini Moth genera Taxa named by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren {{Platyptilini-stub