AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Section Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
and region South Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
308
2568
4695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
307
2567
4694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
293
2521
4617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
217
2235
4301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
54
686
1107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
54
686
1107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
685
1102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
18
425
743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Zimbabwe
18 Families width 743 Species and 44 Subspecies
Cossidae Leach, 1815Borers10SpeciesTaxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815Erebid Moths101SpeciesTaxom
Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892Giant Lappet Moths5SpeciesTaxom
Euteliidae Grote, 1882Euteliid Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815Cankerworm moths98SpeciesTaxom
Heliconiidae (Swainson, 1822)Heliconians1SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815Blue butterflies103SpeciesTaxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809Armyworms97SpeciesTaxom
Nolidae Hampson, 1894Hatted Caterpillars17SpeciesTaxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829Bag Shelter Moths35SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals122SpeciesTaxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802Apollos15SpeciesTaxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835Brimstones34SpeciesTaxom
Riodinidae Grote, 1895Metalmark Butterflies6SpeciesTaxom
Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837And Giant Silk Moths20SpeciesTaxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802Hawk Moths53SpeciesTaxom
Tortricidae Latreille, 1803Bell Moths14SpeciesTaxom
Uraniidae Blanchard, 1845Swallowtail Moths10SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Cossina with occurrences in South Zimbabwe
SubsectionBombyces
Scopoli, 1763
16
404
719
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubsectionCossina
Meyrick, 1907
2
21
24
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom