Talk:Pterophoridae

Creation of new page Stenoptilia ?

I recently took this picture.
I've been told [1] it is a Lepidopteran from the family of the Pterophoridae, probably a Stenoptilia.
As I have absolutely no knowledge in this domain, I was wandering if this picture was worth being added to Wikipedia in a new Stenoptilia page. (The insect is dead and I still have it, so I can take a better picture of it with a plant background).
Thanks for your help. — Olivier Jaquemet 09:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Requested move 08 November 2014

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The result of the move request was: move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 00:36, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

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Plume moth → Pterophoridae – All the other top-level articles in Category:Moths and its immediate sub-categories use this naming convention. Oculi (talk) 16:14, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

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Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.

• Support per WP:COMMONNAME. "Pterophoridae" is more commonly used than "plume moth". Pterophoridae has 172,000 general Google results and 26,300 results on Google Books. Plume moth has 68,500 general Google results and 10,900 results on Google Books. And a substantial number of Google results for "plume moth" are for a particular species, not the whole family (and the species still seem to fail a Google test; e.g., 13,700 results for Platyptilia carduidactyla, 5,680 for "artichoke plume moth). Plantdrew (talk) 08:16, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Discussion

Any additional comments:

If this name is used more commonly than the scientific name and is unambiguous, following other articles isn't much of a reason. —innotata 06:16, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

"Plume moth" is not more commonly used than the scientific name, and consistency is one of the five article title criteria. Most articles on Lepidoptera (and insects in general) use the scientific name as the title. Plantdrew (talk) 08:16, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

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