Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 65
151
204 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 65
151
204 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 64
150
200 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 46
118
157 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 11
42
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 11
42
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 11
42
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 8
34
49 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 7
33
47 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
7
10 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Loyalty Islands
1 Family width 10 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Loyalty Islands
7 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Loyalty Islands
10 Species and 3 Subspecies | Agrius rothschildi I.J. Kitchin..., 2000 | | | Cephonodes lifuensis Rothschild, 1894 | | | Daphnis placida placida Walker, 1856 | | | Hippotion griseola (Rothschild, 1894) | ⇒ Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | | Hippotion lifuensis (Rothschild, 1894) | ⇒ Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | | Hippotion rosea (Closs, 1911) | ⇒ Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | | Macroglossum corythus fuscicauda Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780 | Australian privet hawk moth | | Psilogramma menephron lifuense Rothschild, 1903 | | | Theretra lifuensis (Rothschild, 1894) | ⇒ Theretra clotho Drury, 1773 | | Theretra nessus Drury, 1773 | Orange-sided hunter hawkmoth |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Loyalty Islands
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