Checklist of Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterflies)
for Mauritania (West Africa)
List of families for Mauritania
27 Families width 438 Species and 33 Subspecies
| Arctiidae Leach, 1815 | Footman moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Autostichidae Le Marchand, 1947 | Autostichid Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825 | Case moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cossidae Leach, 1815 | Borers | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Crambid Snout Moths | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Erebidae Leach, 1815 | Erebid Moths | 108 | Species | Taxom | | Euteliidae Grote, 1882 | Euteliid Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geometridae Leach, 1815 | Cankerworm moths | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 | Indet. Skipper | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841 | Eggar Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 | And blues | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 | Armyworms | 138 | Species | Taxom | | Nolidae Hampson, 1894 | Hatted Caterpillars | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 | Bag Shelter Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Admirals | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 | Apollos | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 | And Sulphurs | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Psychidae Boisduval, 1828 | Bagmoths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 | Plume Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 | Flour Moths | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Riodinidae Grote, 1895 | Metalmark Butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 | Flower Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 | Hawk Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tineidae Latreille, 1810 | & Allies | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Tortricidae Latreille, 1803 | Bell Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809 | Burnet Forester | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Lepidoptera with occurrences in Mauritania
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