Checklist for Subsection Bombyces Scopoli, 1763
and region Clifton (Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 81
183
195 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 80
182
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 71
168
176 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 59
149
160 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 16
41
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 16
41
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 16
41
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 10
33
35 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 9
31
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Clifton (Colchester County)
9 Families width 33 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Clifton (Colchester County)
31 Genera with 33 Species #ABCDEFHLMNOPSTV
| Apamea Ochsenheimer, 1766 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arctia Schrank, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Boloria Moore, 1775 | Lesser Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1823 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colias Fabricius, 1852 | Clouded yellows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Danaus Kluk, 1758 | Milkweeds | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysstroma Hübner, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epirrhoe Hübner, 1764 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Feniseca Grote, 1793 | North American Harvesters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydraecia Guenée, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydriomena Huebner, 1784 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyles Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyphantria Harris, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Limenitis Fabricius, 1773 | Admirals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1761 | Boulder Copper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macroglossum Scopoli, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Manduca Hübner, 1803 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Morpho Fabricius, 1872 | Morpho butterfly | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nadata Walker, 1797 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Noctua Linnaeus, 1758 | Yellow underwings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Operophtera Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachysphinx Rothschild &..., 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Perophthalma Westwood, 1845 | Eyemarks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pieris Schrank, 1758 | Fetterbush | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrharctia Packard, 1797 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Speyeria Scudder, 1878 | Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spilosoma Curtis, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tyria Hubner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vanessa Fabricius, 1758 | Admirals | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Clifton (Colchester County)
33 Species and 3 Subspecies | Apamea (Apamea) sordens Hufnagel, 1766 | Atlantic sole | | Arctia caja Linnaeus, 1758 | Garden Tiger | | Boloria (Clossiana) selene Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Astro Fritillary | | Callophrys (Incisalia) niphon Hübner, 1823 | Eastern Pine Elfin | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852 | Alfalfa Butterfly | | Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Weined Brown | | Dysstroma truncata (Hufnagel, 1767) | ⇒ Chloroclysta truncata Hufnagel, 1767 | | Epirrhoe alternata Müller, 1764 | Common Carpet | | Feniseca tarquinius Fabricius, 1793 | Harvester | | Hydraecia micacea Esper, 1789 | Potate Stem Borer | | Hydriomena furcata Thunberg, 1784 | July Highflyer | | Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Hyles livornica Esper, 1779 | | Hyphantria cunea Drury, 1773 | American white moth | | Limenitis arthemis Drury, 1773 | Albo Admiral | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856 | | | Manduca quinquemaculatus (Haworth, 1803) | ⇒ Manduca quinquemaculata Haworth, 1803 | | Morpho theseus aquarius A.G. Butler, 1872 | | | Nadata gibbosa Smith & Abbot, 1797 | Rough Prominent | | Noctua pronuba Linnaeus, 1758 | Common yellow underwing moth | | Operophtera brumata Linnaeus, 1758 | Common winter moth | | Orgyia (Orgyia) antiqua Linnaeus, 1758 | Antique tussock moth | | Pachysphinx modesta Harris, 1839 | Big poplar sphinx | | Perophthalma tullius lasius Motschoulsky, 1845 | | | Pieris (Artogeia) napi Linnaeus, 1758 | 'Margined' Mustard White | | Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cabbage butterfly | | Pyrrharctia (Isia) isabella Smith, 1797 | Banded woolly bear | | Speyeria mormonia arge Strecker, 1878 | | | Spilosoma virginica Fabricius, 1798 | Virginia Ermine Moth | | Tyria jacobaeae Linnaeus, 1758 | Cinnabar | | Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758 | Red Admiral | | Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan |
Subnodes of Bombyces with occurrences in Clifton (Colchester County) | Superfamily | Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
4
4 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 1
4
4 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 3
10
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
13
15 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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