Species list, Checklist of Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies) for Foster (San Diego 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 Foster (San Diego County, California, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	15 20 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	15 20 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	14 19 26	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	14 19 26	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	5 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Foster (San Diego County)
5 Families width 7 Species

Erebidae Leach, 1815	Erebid Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829	Bag Shelter Moths	2	Species	Taxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802	Hawk Moths	2	Species	Taxom
Lasiocampidae (Harris, 1841)	Eggar Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815	Cankerworm moths	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Foster (San Diego County)
7 Genera with 7 Species

Catocala Schrank, 1818	Underwing moths	1	Species	Taxom
Gluphisia Boisduval, 1855		1	Species	Taxom
Macroglossum Scopoli, 1856		1	Species	Taxom
Malacosoma Hübner, 1820	Tent Caterpillar Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Melanolophia Hulst, 1858		1	Species	Taxom
Nadata Walker, 1797		1	Species	Taxom
Paonias Hübner, 1797	Unidentified Paonias Moths	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Foster (San Diego County)
7 Species

Catocala ultronia Hübner, 1818	Catocala plum
Gluphisia septentrionis Walker, 1855	Common Gluphisia
Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856
Malacosoma disstria (Hübner, 1820)	⇒ Metalectra discalis Grote, 1876
Melanolophia canadaria Guenée, 1858	Canadian Melanolophia
Nadata gibbosa Smith & Abbot, 1797	Rough Prominent
Paonias myops J.E. Smith, 1797	Small Eyed Sphinx

Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Foster (San Diego County)

Suborder

Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths

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7

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Species

Taxom

Lepidoptera (Linnaeus 1758)

Links, sources and further information

Lepidoptera at arkansaslepidopterasurvey.net
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Lepidoptera at mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu
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