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Checklist for Tribe Careini Mell, 1943
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
24
1133
4496
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
20
1029
4268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
580
1780
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNolidae
Hampson, 1894
Hatted Caterpillars, Nolid moths, Tuft moths, Tufted Moths
37
126
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChloephorinae
Stainton, 1859
Chloephorine Moths
18
48
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCareini
Mell, 1943
1
11
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nigeria
1 Genera with 11 Species
Maurilia Möschler, 191511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
11 Species
Maurilia albirivula Hampson, 1905
Maurilia arcuata Walker, 1858
Maurilia atrirena Hampson, 1918
Maurilia cinereofusca Strand, 1915
Maurilia cuneatipicta Strand, 1915
Maurilia fuscopicta Strand, 1915
Maurilia heterochroa Hampson, 1905
Maurilia phaea Hampson, 1905
Maurilia rufirena Hampson, 1918
Maurilia semiferruginea Strand, 1914
Maurilia semifuscata Strand, 1915