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Taxonomy of Family Arctiidae Leach, 1815
Footman moths, Footmen, Lichen moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths, Woolly bears, Woolly worms


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
25
9782
130745
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyArctiidae
Leach, 1815
Footman moths, Footmen, Lichen moths, Tiger Moths
342
1800
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Arctiidae Leach, 1815
SubfamilyBoletobinae
Grote, 1895
  ⇒ Boletobiinae
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyBoletobobiinae
Grote, 1895
  ⇒ Boletobiinae
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyCallimorphinae
Seitz, 1910
  ⇒ Callimorphina
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyCtenuchiinae
Kirby, 1837
  ⇒ Ctenuchinae
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyCtenuchinae
Kirby, 1837
Wasp Moths
79
657
Genera
Species
SubfamilyDipaenae
Walker, 1854
2
3
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLithosiinae
Billberg, 1820
  ⇒ Lithosiini
Footman moths, Footmen, Lichen moths
130
503
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLithosinae
Billberg, 1820
  ⇒ Lithosiinae
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPericopinae
Walker, 1869
3
5
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPhaegopterinae
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilySyntominae
Snellen, 1867
  ⇒ Syntomini
0
0
Genera
Species
GenusAbnormipterus
Orfila, 1935
1Species
GenusAbrochia
Hübner, 1818
  ⇒ Sphecopsyche
37Species
GenusAclytophanes
Turner, 1940
  ⇒ Microstola
2Species
GenusAgrgina
1Species
GenusAgyrtiola
Gaede, 1926
1Species
GenusAlandria
Gaede, 1926
1Species
GenusAlysidota
Agassiz, 1847
  ⇒ Halysidota
0Species
GenusAmmobiota
Wallengren, 1885
  ⇒ Arctia
1Species
GenusAndrocharta
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  ⇒ Euclera
17Species
GenusAnthichloris
1Species
GenusApantensis
1Species
GenusApatensis
1Species
GenusApocerea
Dyar, 1905
1Species
GenusAresia
Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
  ⇒ Afrida
2Species
GenusAretia
Poey, 1832
0Species
GenusArgyractia
2Species
GenusAristodaema
Wallengren, 1861
  ⇒ Mirandisca
1Species
GenusAsurpopsis
1Species
GenusAtucia
Butler, 1876
  ⇒ Thyrassia
1Species
GenusBodosa
Walker, 1854
  ⇒ Histioea
2Species
GenusBombopsyche
Hübner, 1823
  ⇒ Mirandisca
27Species
GenusBurnia
1Species
GenusCercocladia
Draudt, 1915
2Species
GenusChelonia
Godart, 1823
  ⇒ Apoda
40Species
GenusChoria
Schaus, 1894
  ⇒ Choreia
0Species
GenusCissips
2Species
GenusCletis
Kirby, 1892
0Species
GenusComacla
Walker, 1864
  ⇒ Pagara
1Species
GenusConjuncta
Koçak, 1991
  ⇒ Paidia
1Species
GenusCreatonotes
1Species
GenusCtnosia
1Species
GenusCyanea
Meigen, 1800
2Species
GenusDaritis
Walker, 1855
  ⇒ Aphisaon
1Species
GenusDubatoloviana
Bucsek, 2012
2Species
GenusEcpantheria
Hübner, 1819
  ⇒ Agaposoma
31Species
GenusEmpusa
Illiger, 1798
  ⇒ Cucullia
94Species
GenusEpatalmis
1Species
GenusEuchaetias
Lyman, 1902
  ⇒ Euchaetes
1Species
GenusEuchella
1Species
GenusEucyane
Hubner, 1820
  ⇒ Hypocrita
25Species
GenusEuprepia
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Arctia
26Species
GenusEurodes
Turner, 1899
  ⇒ Hemonia
1Species
GenusEurota
Walker, 1854
  ⇒ Morys
11Species
GenusEurypeplella
Hedicke, 1923
  ⇒ Eurypepla
3Species
GenusEutallia
6Species
GenusFragilonola
0Species
GenusGaltarodes
Toulgoët, 1980
2Species
GenusGymnochroma
Haworth, 1809
  ⇒ Psilopepla
2Species
GenusHabrochroma
Meyrick, 1886
  ⇒ Symmetrodes
2Species
GenusHalesidota
Walker, 1855
11Species
GenusHalisidota
Hübner, 1819
  ⇒ Halysidota
9Species
GenusHeliohemonia
Bucsek, 2012
2Species
GenusHelisidota
1Species
GenusHergovitsia
6Species
GenusHippocrita
0Species
GenusHomoneuronia
Dyar, 1905
2Species
GenusHoppiana
Hering, 1925
1Species
GenusHoramella
Draudt, 1915
1Species
GenusLemrya
1Species
GenusLepidoneiva
Travassos, 1940
4Species
GenusLeptosoma
Boisduval in: d’Urville, 1832
  ⇒ Lixus (Lixus)
17Species
GenusLeucotmensis
5Species
GenusLongpesa
Bucsek, 2012
1Species
GenusLoxomima
Draudt, 1915
1Species
GenusMacrosea
1Species
GenusMaenas
Hübner, 1819
  ⇒ Eudocima
2Species
GenusMagnoptera
Ruiz-Rodriguez, 1989
1Species
GenusMarecidia
Schaus, 1901
3Species
GenusMelaneama
3Species
GenusMesolasia
Hampson, 1898
  ⇒ Aethria
1Species
GenusMetacrocea
Dyar, 1905
1Species
GenusMetexelisia
0Species
GenusMidara
Schaus, 1928
2Species
GenusMimulosa
4Species
GenusMosoda
Walker, 1866
  ⇒ Eurypepla
7Species
GenusMumulosia
0Species
GenusMunychia
Wallengren, 1858
  ⇒ Rhodogastria
1Species
GenusNannoceryx
Roepke, 1937
1Species
GenusNeeressa
Hampson, 1905
3Species
GenusNeochelonia
Draeseke, 1926
  ⇒ Euleechia
16Species
GenusNeritonaclia
Strand, 1921
1Species
GenusNikaeoides
Dyar, 1900
  ⇒ Euleechia
1Species
GenusNodozona
1Species
GenusOrodemnias
Wallengren, 1887
  ⇒ Holarctia
6Species
GenusOsmocneme
Draudt, 1917
1Species
GenusPalaeosccia
1Species
GenusPalustra
Bar, 1873
  ⇒ Pachylaelia
7Species
GenusParadinia
Draudt, 1915
1Species
GenusParamevania
Draudt, 1915
1Species
GenusParaprepia
Dyar, 1913
  ⇒ Cisthene
1Species
GenusParascepsis
Dognin, 1923
5Species
GenusPericopis
Hubner, 1819
  ⇒ Aphisaon
20Species
GenusPhilagria
Kirby, 1892
  ⇒ Oeonistis
1Species
GenusPleurosoma
Orfila, 1935
  ⇒ Platynus
6Species
GenusPorphyrochrysa
Bethune-Baker, 1908
  ⇒ Parascaptia
1Species
GenusPraemastus
de Toulgoët, 1991
13Species
GenusPrinasura
Felder, 1861
  ⇒ Lyclene
20Species
GenusProctocopis
Draudt, 1915
1Species
GenusProschalipora
1Species
GenusProsopidia
Bryk, 1953
8Species
GenusPrytania
Debauche, 1938
  ⇒ Prytanomyia
2Species
GenusPseudaethria
Schaus, 1924
2Species
GenusPseudophaio
Hampson, 1914
1Species
GenusPseudosphecosoma
Strand, 1915
1Species
GenusPsichothoe
2Species
GenusPyrrharctica
1Species
GenusRiccia
Butler, 1876
  ⇒ Corematura
17Species
GenusRomualdisca
Andretta & Travassos, 1946
1Species
GenusSauritinia
Dyar, 1905
3Species
GenusScelilasia
Hampson, 1914
1Species
GenusSchasiura
Hübner, 1819
  ⇒ Autochloris
3Species
GenusSimareea
Moore, 1878
  ⇒ Eilema
2Species
GenusSphecomimax
Hübner, 1823
  ⇒ Mirandisca
3Species
GenusSphecops
Orfila, 1935
1Species
GenusSpliarctia
1Species
GenusSymphlebomis
Hampson, 1898
  ⇒ Crinophora
3Species
GenusTesellota
1Species
GenusTeucer
Kirby, 1892
  ⇒ Telioneura
2Species
GenusThalesa
Schaus, 1896
  ⇒ Lophocampa
3Species
GenusThebrone
Boisduval, 1870
  ⇒ Aphisaon
7Species
GenusThone
1Species
GenusThylacoptera
Hampson, 1898
  ⇒ Crinophora
1Species
GenusTigridania
Kaye, 1918
1Species
GenusUuranops
1Species
GenusVolgarctia
Walker, 1855
  ⇒ Lacydes
2Species
GenusVulsinia
Schaus, 1928
1Species
GenusXantharete
Draudt, 1915
1Species
GenusXenostoma
1Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Arctiidae
GermanBären, Bärenspinner
EnglishFootman moths, Footmen, Lichen moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths, Woolly bears, Woolly worms
DutchBeekvlinders, Beervlinders
FinnishSiilikehrääjät, Siilikkäät
NorwegianBjørnespinner


Distribution and Species lists of Arctiidae Leach, 1815
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Afghanistan
3 Genera  3 Species
Albania
2 Genera  2 Species
Algeria
1 Genus  4 Species
Andorra
1 Genus  1 Species
Angola
1 Genus  1 Species
Argentina
22 Genera  40 Species
Armenia
3 Genera  3 Species
Australia
15 Genera  26 Species
Austria
1 Genus  1 Species
Azerbaijan
1 Genus  1 Species
Belarus
1 Genus  1 Species
Belgium
2 Genera  2 Species
Belize
1 Genus  1 Species
Bolivia
27 Genera  54 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Genera  2 Species
Botswana
1 Genus  1 Species
Brazil
97 Genera  248 Species
Bulgaria
2 Genera  2 Species
Burkina Faso
1 Genus  2 Species
Cambodia
2 Genera  2 Species
Cameroon
3 Genera  3 Species
Canada
5 Genera  5 Species
Cape Verde
1 Genus  1 Species
Chad
1 Genus  1 Species
Chile
2 Genera  2 Species
China
16 Genera  21 Species
Colombia
40 Genera  72 Species
Costa Rica
44 Genera  59 Species
Croatia
2 Genera  2 Species
Cuba
13 Genera  10 Species
Cyprus
1 Genus  1 Species
Czech Republic
5 Genera  5 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 Genus  1 Species
Denmark
1 Genus  1 Species
Dominica
1 Genus  1 Species
Dominican Republic
3 Genera  3 Species
Ecuador
39 Genera  71 Species
Egypt
1 Genus  5 Species
Equatorial Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Estonia
1 Genus  1 Species
Ethiopia
1 Genus  3 Species
Finland
1 Genus  1 Species
France
9 Genera  12 Species
Gabon
2 Genera  2 Species
Gambia
1 Genus  1 Species
Georgia
1 Genus  1 Species
Germany
3 Genera  3 Species
Ghana
2 Genera  2 Species
Greece
3 Genera  3 Species
Guatemala
22 Genera  26 Species
Guyana
18 Genera  20 Species
Haiti
1 Genus  1 Species
Honduras
7 Genera  7 Species
Hungary
1 Genus  1 Species
Iceland
1 Genus  1 Species
India
16 Genera  22 Species
Indonesia
12 Genera  13 Species
Iran
5 Genera  9 Species
Iraq
2 Genera  3 Species
Israel
1 Genus  3 Species
Italy
3 Genera  5 Species
Ivory Coast
1 Genus  1 Species
Jamaica
9 Genera  14 Species
Japan
8 Genera  8 Species
Jordan
1 Genus  1 Species
Kazakhstan
3 Genera  8 Species
Kenya
1 Genus  2 Species
Kyrgyzstan
1 Genus  1 Species
Latvia
1 Genus  1 Species
Lebanon
1 Genus  2 Species
Liberia
10 Genera  8 Species
Libya
1 Genus  3 Species
Lithuania
1 Genus  1 Species
Madagascar
3 Genera  7 Species
Malaysia
7 Genera  5 Species
Mauritania
1 Genus  1 Species
Mexico
39 Genera  59 Species
Moldova
1 Genus  1 Species
Mongolia
3 Genera  3 Species
Montenegro
1 Genus  1 Species
Morocco
1 Genus  3 Species
Mozambique
2 Genera  2 Species
Namibia
3 Genera  3 Species
Nepal
1 Genus  1 Species
Netherlands
3 Genera  4 Species
Nicaragua
2 Genera  2 Species
Nigeria
1 Genus  1 Species
Norway
1 Genus  0 Species
Oman
1 Genus  1 Species
Pakistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Palestine
1 Genus  1 Species
Panama
56 Genera  81 Species
Papua New Guinea
5 Genera  5 Species
Paraguay
9 Genera  15 Species
Peru
32 Genera  59 Species
Philippines
8 Genera  11 Species
Poland
1 Genus  1 Species
Portugal
1 Genus  2 Species
Republic South Africa
1 Genus  4 Species
Romania
2 Genera  2 Species
Russia
9 Genera  9 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Genus  1 Species
Saudi Arabia
1 Genus  2 Species
Serbia
1 Genus  1 Species
Singapore
2 Genera  1 Species
Slovakia
1 Genus  1 Species
Slovenia
2 Genera  2 Species
Solomon Islands
2 Genera  1 Species
Somalia
1 Genus  2 Species
South Korea
1 Genus  1 Species
Spain
5 Genera  7 Species
Sri Lanka
5 Genera  7 Species
Sudan
1 Genus  2 Species
Suriname
19 Genera  32 Species
Switzerland
1 Genus  1 Species
Syria
1 Genus  3 Species
Taiwan
17 Genera  27 Species
Tajikistan
1 Genus  10 Species
Tanzania
3 Genera  3 Species
Thailand
3 Genera  3 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
15 Genera  22 Species
Tunisia
1 Genus  4 Species
Turkey
7 Genera  9 Species
Turkmenistan
3 Genera  3 Species
Ukraine
3 Genera  5 Species
United Arab Emirates
1 Genus  1 Species
United Kingdom
7 Genera  7 Species
Uruguay
4 Genera  5 Species
USA
34 Genera  59 Species
Uzbekistan
1 Genus  4 Species
Venezuela
31 Genera  65 Species
Vietnam
3 Genera  3 Species
Yemen
1 Genus  3 Species


Distribution on islands


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