Plume moths Emmelina monodactyla (Pterophorinae: Pterophorini) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Glossata Infraorder: Heteroneura Clade: Ditrysia Clade: Apoditrysia Superfamily: Pterophoroidea Family: Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 Type species Pterophorus pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 Subfamilies Agdistinae Deuterocopinae Ochyroticinae Pterophorinae Diversity >90 genera >1,000 species 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". Contents 1 Description and ecology 2 Taxonomy 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 External links Description and ecology Pupa of Platyptilia tetradactyla (Pterophorinae: Platyptilini) The forewings of plume moths usually consist of two curved spars with...