''Ptilophora'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

Notodontidae Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, esp ...

The genus was described by Stephens in 1828.

Selected species

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Ptilophora ala ''Ptilophora ala'' is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is known from Shaanxi and Sichuan in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with ...

'' (Schintlmeister and Fang, 2001) *''

Ptilophora horieaurea ''Ptilophora horieaurea'' is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is known from Sichuan in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a pop ...

'' Kishida and Kobayashi, 2002 *''

Ptilophora jezoensis ''Ptilophora jezoensis'' is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is known from Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bor ...

'' (Matsumura, 1920) *'' Ptilophora nanlingensis'' Chen L et al., 2010 *''

Ptilophora nohirae ''Ptilophora nohirae'' is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is known from Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East. The wingspan is 30–33 mm. The larvae feed on ''Carpinus japonica ''Carpinus japonica'', the Japanese hornbeam, i ...

'' Matsumura, 1920 *''

Ptilophora plumigera ''Ptilophora plumigera'', the plumed prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the southern parts of the Palearctic realm. The wingspan i ...

'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) *''

Ptilophora rufula ''Ptilophora rufula'' is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is known from Taiwan. External links The genus Ptilophora (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) in China, with description of a new species Notodontidae Moths described in 1994 ...

'' Kobayashi, 1994

References

Notodontidae {{Notodontidae-stub