# Machaeropteris

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***Machaeropteris*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [moths](/source/Moth) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Tineidae](/source/Tineidae).[2][3]

## Species

- *[Machaeropteris baloghi](/source/Machaeropteris_baloghi)* Gozmány, 1965
- *[Machaeropteris eribapta](/source/Machaeropteris_eribapta)* Meyrick, 1915 (from Mozambique)
- *[Machaeropteris encotopa](/source/Machaeropteris_encotopa)* Meyrick, 1922 (from India)[4]
- *[Machaeropteris euthysana](/source/Machaeropteris_euthysana)* Meyrick, 1931
- *[Machaeropteris histurga](/source/Machaeropteris_histurga)* Meyrick, 1915 (from Malawi)
- *[Machaeropteris irritabilis](/source/Machaeropteris_irritabilis)* Meyrick, 1932
- *[Machaeropteris magnifica](/source/Machaeropteris_magnifica)* Gozmány, 1968
- *[Machaeropteris ochroptera](/source/Machaeropteris_ochroptera)* Gozmány, 1967
- *[Machaeropteris petalacma](/source/Machaeropteris_petalacma)* Meyrick, 1932 (Taiwan)
- *[Machaeropteris phenax](/source/Machaeropteris_phenax)* Meyrick, 1911 (from Sri Lanka)
- *[Machaeropteris plinthotripta](/source/Machaeropteris_plinthotripta)* (Meyrick, 1919)
- *[Machaeropteris synaphria](/source/Machaeropteris_synaphria)* Meyrick, 1922 (from India)
- *[Machaeropteris turbata](/source/Machaeropteris_turbata)* Meyrick, 1922 (from India)

## References

1. [Walsingham, 1887 . Lepid. Ceylon 3 : 502.](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/524/mode/2up)

1. [Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae](http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/tineidae/)

1. [Afromoths](http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/170640)

1. [Exotic Microlep. 2 : 600](https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid02meyr#page/600/mode/1up)

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