''Michaelophorus'' is a genus of
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 ...
. Species in this genus are distributed in regions with
neotropical
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Definition
In biogeogra ...
climates. Little is known about the genus' overall
ecology
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.
Species
* ''
Michaelophorus nubilus'' (type)
* ''
Michaelophorus bahiaensis''
* ''
Michaelophorus dentiger''
* ''
Michaelophorus hodgesi''
* ''
Michaelophorus indentatus
''Michaelophorus indentatus'' is a species of moth in the genus '' Michaelophorus'' known from Belize, Brazil, Mexico, and Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central Ameri ...
''
* ''
Michaelophorus margaritae''
* ''
Michaelophorus shafferi''
References
Platyptiliini
Moths described in 1999
Taxa named by Cees Gielis
Moth genera
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