Pterophoridae

Pterophoridae Temporal range: Chattian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pterophorus pentadactyla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
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, 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 tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".