Species list, Checklist of Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies) for Cerritos (Los Angeles County, California, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
and region Cerritos (Los Angeles County, California, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	12 17 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	12 17 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	9 14 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	9 14 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	6 9 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cerritos (Los Angeles County)
6 Families width 7 Species

Noctuidae Latreille, 1809	Armyworms	2	Species	Taxom
Pyralidae Latreille, 1802	Flour Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815	Cankerworm moths	1	Species	Taxom
Cossidae Leach, 1815	Borers	1	Species	Taxom
Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854	Gelechiid moths	1	Species	Taxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815	Erebid Moths	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Cerritos (Los Angeles County)
9 Genera with 7 Species

Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1898	1	Species	Taxom
Alberada Heinrich, 1913	1	Species	Taxom
Aleptina Dyar, 1902	1	Species	Taxom
Archirhoe Herbulot, 1896	1	Species	Taxom
Hydriomena Huebner, 1825	0	Species	Taxom
Hypopta Hübner, 1905	1	Species	Taxom
Metopleura Busck, 1912	1	Species	Taxom
Miacora Dyar, 1905	0	Species	Taxom
Salia Robineau-Des..., 1916	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cerritos (Los Angeles County)
7 Species

Acontia areli (Strecker, 1898)	⇒ Tarache areli Strecker, 1898
Alberada parabates Dyar, 1913	The Transgressor
Aleptina inca Dyar, 1902
Archirhoe neomexicana Hulst, 1896	Black Mountain Salamander
Hypopta inguromorpha Schaus, 1905
Metopleura potosi Busck, 1912	Metopluera potosi
Salia semiothisa Schaus, 1916

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Cerritos (Los Angeles County)

Suborder

Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths

6
9
7

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)

Links, sources and further information

Lepidoptera at arkansaslepidopterasurvey.net
Lepidoptera at butterflies.bcghana.org
Lepidoptera at mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu
Lepidoptera at afromoths.net
Lepidoptera at butterfliesofamerica.com
Lepidoptera at leps.it
Lepidoptera at papua-insects.nl
Lepidoptera at tyllinen.eu
Lepidoptera at abdb-africa.org
Lepidoptera at artfakta.se
Lepidoptera at dyntaxa.se
Lepidoptera at gbif.org
Lepidoptera at irmng.org
Lepidoptera at itis.gov