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Checklist for Family Alucitidae Leach, 1815 (Many Plumed Moths)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
77
2035
5452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
76
2029
5435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
73
2014
5363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Alucitoidea
Minet, 1986
Many-plume Moths
1
2
16
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAlucitidae
Leach, 1815
Many Plumed Moths, Many-plume moths, Many-plumed moths
2
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
2 Genera with 16 Species
Alucita Linnaeus, 191811SpeciesTaxom
Microschismus Fletcher, 19135SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
16 Species
Alucita brachyzona Meyrick, 1920
Alucita capensis Felder & Rog..., 1875
Alucita certifica Meyrick, 1909
Alucita dohertyi Walsingham, 1909
Alucita habrophila Meyrick, 1920
Alucita homotrocha Meyrick, 1921
Alucita huebneri Wallengren, 1859
Alucita phanerarcha Meyrick, 1924
Alucita spicifera Meyrick, 1911
Alucita stephanopis Meyrick, 1921
Alucita tesserata Meyrick, 1918
Microschismus antennatus Fletcher, 1909
Microschismus ctenias (Meyrick, 1911)⇒ Microschismus cymatias Meyrick, 1918
Microschismus cymatias Meyrick, 1918
Microschismus fortis Walsingham, 1881
Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913

Subnodes of Alucitidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyAlucitinae
Leach, 1815
1
11
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicroschisminae
Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Alucitidae at artfakta.se
Alucitidae at dyntaxa.se
Alucitidae at gbif.org
Alucitidae at irmng.org
Alucitidae at itis.gov