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Checklist for Subsection Bombyces Scopoli, 1763
and region Southwest Cameroon (Cameroon)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
7
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
7
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
7
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
7
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
7
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
7
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
7
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
6
10
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
4
4
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southwest Cameroon
4 Families width 5 Species
Geometridae Leach, 1815Cankerworm moths1SpeciesTaxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829Bag Shelter Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837And Giant Silk Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892Giant Lappet Moths1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southwest Cameroon
4 Genera with 5 Species
Bathycolpodes Prout, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Desmeocraera Wallengren, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Orthogonioptilum Karsch, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Striphnopteryx Wallengren, 18471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southwest Cameroon
5 Species
Bathycolpodes parexplanata Karisch & Hoppe, 2010
Desmeocraera leucophaea Gaede, 1928
Orthogonioptilum igneolum Darge, 2012
Orthogonioptilum venustissimum Darge, 2012
Striphnopteryx edulis Boisduval, 1847

Subnodes of Bombyces with occurrences in Southwest Cameroon
SuperfamilyBombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGeometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNoctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom