Checklist for Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
and region Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 118
288
421 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 118
288
421 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 115
284
416 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 80
221
347 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 27
109
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 27
109
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 26
108
192 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 11
56
83 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 10
54
81 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
3
3 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Ascension
1 Family width 3 Species
Genera for Ascension
3 Genera with 3 Species
Species list for Ascension
3 Species
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Ascension
Links, sources and further information Bombycoidea at artfakta.se
Bombycoidea at dyntaxa.se
Bombycoidea at itis.gov
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