Database Details : Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World

Full name: Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World
Short name: Pterophoroidea
Version: 1.0, Feb 2018
Release date: 2018-02-02
Authors/editors: Gielis C. & Hobern D.
Taxonomic coverage: Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Pterophoroidea
English name of the group: Plume moths
Number of living species 1,463
Number of living infraspecific taxa 0
Number of extinct species: 0
Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: 0
Number of synonyms: 1,067
Number of common names: 0
Total number of names: 2,530
Abstract: This GSD is derived from C. Gielis (2003) Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera) (World Catalogue of Insects, volume 4), as subsequently maintained and updated by Cees Gielis. The database has been edited for inclusion in the Catalogue of Life and will be maintained by Donald Hobern. A website for the database will be available in the near future. Additional editors are most welcome to contact Donald Hobern.
Organization: GBIF Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark
Website: -
Bibliographic citation: Gielis C. & Hobern D. (2019). Pterophoroidea: Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World (version 1.0, Feb 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.