Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Kilimanjaro Forest Reserve (Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 145
643
820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 145
643
820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 138
630
802 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 91
456
601 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 32
194
284 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 32
194
284 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 31
193
281 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
163
246 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 15
151
231 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 3
11
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kilimanjaro Forest Reserve
3 Families width 16 Species
Genera for Kilimanjaro Forest Reserve
11 Genera with 16 Species | Argema Wallengren, 1895 | African moon moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bunaea Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cephonodes Hübner, 1843 | Bee Hawk Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dactyloceras Mell, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Daphnis Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonimbrasia Butler, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lobobunaea Packard, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nephele Hübner, 1776 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nudaurelia Rothschild, 2009 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tagoropsis Felder, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theretra Hübner, 2012 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kilimanjaro Forest Reserve
16 Species | Argema besanti Rebel, 1895 | | | Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780 | Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth | | Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 | Clearwing hummingbird hawk moth | | Cephonodes trochilus Guérin-Ménev..., 1843 | | | Dactyloceras minettii Bouyer, 2008 | | | Daphnis nerii Linnaeus, 1758 | Army Green Moth | | Gonimbrasia hoehnelii Rogenhofer, 1891 | | | Lobobunaea angasana Westwood, 1849 | | | Lobobunaea saturnus Fabricius, 1793 | | | Lobobunaea weymeri (Aurivillius, 1910) | ⇒ Lobobunaea angasana Westwood, 1849 | | Nephele aequivalens Walker, 1856 | Great Nephele | | Nephele peneus Cramer, 1776 | Three Spotte Nephele | | Nudaurelia formosissima Darge, 2009 | | | Nudaurelia maranguensis Darge, 2009 | | | Tagoropsis sabulosa Rothschild, 1907 | | | Theretra maranguensis Darge, 2012 | |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Kilimanjaro Forest Reserve | Family | Brahmaeidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Brahmin Moths | 1
1 | Genus
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 | 6
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworm moths, Hornworms, Sphinx moths | 4
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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