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Checklist for Superorder Holometabola Heider, 1889 (Holometabolous Insects)
and region Arden (New Castle County, Delaware, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		8
9
10		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		8
9
10		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		7
8
9		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		7
8
9		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Arden (New Castle County)
7 Families width 9 Species
Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837And Giant Silk Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802Casebearers1SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815Blue butterflies2SpeciesTaxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802Hawk Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835Brimstones1SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper1SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Arden (New Castle County)
8 Genera with 9 Species
Actias Leach, 1758Asian-American moon moths1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocephalus Geoffroy, 1787Cylindrical leaf beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Feniseca Grote, 1793North American Harvesters1SpeciesTaxom
Hemaris Dalman, 1836Bee hawk-moths1SpeciesTaxom
Lycaena Fabricius, 1761Boulder Copper1SpeciesTaxom
Pieris Schrank, 1758Fetterbush1SpeciesTaxom
Thymelicus Hübner, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Vanessa Fabricius, 1758Admirals2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Arden (New Castle County)
9 Species
Actias luna Linnaeus, 1758Luna moth
Cryptocephalus notatus Fabricius, 1787
Feniseca tarquinius Fabricius, 1793Harvester
Hemaris (Hemaris) diffinis Boisduval, 1836Bumble bee moth
Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761American Copper
Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Linnaeus, 1758Cabbage butterfly
Thymelicus lineola Ochsenheimer, 1808Essex Skipper
Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758Red Admiral
Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758Cosmopolitan

Subnodes of Holometabola with occurrences in Arden (New Castle County)
OrderColeoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans		1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

OrderLepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		6
7
8		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Holometabola at itis.gov