Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Antigua and Barbuda (Caribbean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 117
492
806 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 117
492
806 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 112
482
792 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 76
396
670 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 39
262
352 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 39
262
352 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 38
261
351 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
175
247 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 15
148
211 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 4
19
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Antigua and Barbuda
4 Families width 21 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Antigua and Barbuda
19 Genera with 21 Species | Adafroptilum Darge, 2014 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cautethia Grote, 1970 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dactyloceras Mell, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epiphora Wallengren, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippotion Hübner, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Holocerina Pinhey, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lobobunaea Packard, 2012 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macroglossum Scopoli, 2009 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maltagorea Bouyer, 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micragone Walker, 2014 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephele Hübner, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nudaurelia Rothschild, 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyptychus Carcasson, 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 2007 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosphinx Burmeister, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodopteriana Bouyer, 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoglene Felder, 2012 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tagoropsiella Darge, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tagoropsis Felder, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Antigua and Barbuda
21 Species and 1 Subspecies | Adafroptilum aberfoylensis Darge, 2014 | | | Adafroptilum occidaneum Darge, 2008 | | | Adafroptilum violaceum Darge, 2014 | | | Cautethia noctuiformis bredini Cary, 1970 | | | Dactyloceras (Shinocksiceras) noellae Bouyer, 2006 | | | Epiphora mythimna Moorei Swinhoe, 1902 | | | Hippotion albolineata (Carcasson, 1968) | ⇒ Hippotion celerio L., 1758 | | Holocerina prosti (Rougeot, 1978) | ⇒ Holocerina istsariensis Stoneham, 1962 | | Lobobunaea sorangei Bouyer, 2012 | | | Macroglossum svetlana Eitschberger..., 2009 | | | Maltagorea ambahona Basquin, 2013 | | | Micragone lenzi Darge, 2014 | | | Nephele illustris Jordan, 1920 | | | Nudaurelia wahlbergina Rougeot, 1972 | | | Polyptychus baltus Pierre, 1985 | | | Pseudoclanis somaliae Eitschberger, 2007 | | | Pseudosphinx tetrio Linnaeus, 1771 | Frangipani hornworm | | Rhodopteriana gishwatiana Darge, 2013 | | | Stenoglene perissinottoi Bouyer, 2012 | | | Tagoropsiella nyikensis Bouyer, 2000 | | | Tagoropsis hecqui Bouyer, 1989 | |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Antigua and Barbuda | Family | Brahmaeidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Brahmin Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Eupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths, Giant silkworm moths, Giant-silkworm moths, Moon, Royal, Royal moths, Saturniid moths, Saturniids, Silk moths, Wild Silk Moths | 9
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworm moths, Hornworms, Sphinx moths | 7
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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