Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India Author Pathania, Prakash C. 0000-0001-9642-7348 pathaniapc @ yahoo. co. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9642 - 7348 pathaniapc@yahoo.co.in Author Das, Apurva 0000-0003-2859-5010 dapurva 69 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2859 - 5010 dapurva69@gmail.com Author Chandra, Kailash 0000-0001-9076-5442 kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442 kailash611@rediffmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-01-21 4915 2 201 236 journal article 8671 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.2 38e1da4f-7e6b-4801-98d3-2fd42bb6c53d 1175-5326 4454312 10D31E99-71B9-4FAD-B99B-2AB033861CE6 66. Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867 ( Plate 4 , Fig. 9) Platyptilus farfarellus Zeller, 1867 ; Stettiner entomologische Zeitung , 28: 334. Platyptilia periacta Meyrick, 1910a ; Annals of the South African Museum , 5: 411. Platyptilia claripicta Fletcher, 1910 ; Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London (II Zool.), 13: 400. Platyptilia benitensis Strand, 1913 ; Archiv für Naturgeschichte , A.12: 64. Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906 ; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society , 17: 135. Platyptilia petila Yano, 1963 ; Pacific Insects , 5: 851. TL : Poland . Distribution : India , Albania , Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Cameroun , Congo, Denmark , Estonia , France , Germany , Ghana , Greece , Hungary , Indonesia , Iran , Italy , Ivory Coast , Japan , Kazakhstan , Kenya , Macedonia, Madagascar , Malawi , Mauritius , Mongolia , New Caledonia , New Hebrides , New Guinea , Nigeria , Philippines , Poland , Rep. South Africa , S„o Tomé Island, Serbia , Seychelles , Sicily, Slovenia , Slovakia , Solomon Islands , Spain , Sri Lanka , Switzerland , Tanzania , Thailand , Uganda . Host : Larvae have been recorded from the flowers of Callistephus chinensis and Erechtites hieracifolia and flowers, leaves, and seeds of Teucrium tomentosum . Other recorded host plants include Senecio vernalis , S. viscosus , S. cruentus , Erigeron canadensis , E. linifolius , Calendula arvensis , C. officinalis , Centaurea cyanus , Dahlia pinnata , Emilia flammea , and Helichrysium bracteatum (all Asteraceae ). Illustrations : Male and female genitalia ( Gielis 1996 : figs 40, 177).