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Checklist for Superfamily Drepanoidea Boisduval, 1828 (False Owlet Moths)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
3780
15848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
3774
15825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
3756
15683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
30
2174
9239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
24
1968
8389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Drepanoidea
Boisduval, 1828
False Owlet Moths, Hook tip moths, Hooktip, Moths
1
12
14
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Africa
1 Family width 14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Drepanidae Meyrick, 1895Drepanids14SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Africa
12 Genera with 14 Species
Aethiopsestis Watson, 19653SpeciesTaxom
Ditrigona Moore, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Epicampoptera Bryk, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Falcaria Haworth, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Gonoreta Warren, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Habrosyne Hübner, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Marplena Lane, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Negera Walker, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Oreta Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Parmelina Houlbert, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothyatira Grote, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Watsonopsestis László, 20221SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aethiopsestis austrina Watson, 1965
Aethiopsestis echinata Watson, 1965
Aethiopsestis nebulosa Watson, 1965
Ditrigona artema Wilkinson, 1968
Epicampoptera notialis Watson, 1965
Falcaria bilineata Packard, 1864
Gonoreta opacifinis Watson, 1965
Gonoreta subtilis Bryk, 1913
Habrosyne scripta Gosse, 1840Lettered Habrosyne
Marplena designina Lane, 1973
Negera natalensis Felder, 1874
Negera natalensis natalensis Felder, 1874
Oreta rosea Walker, 1855Rose Hooktip
Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides Guenée, 1852Tufted Thyatirid
Watsonopsestis smithi László, 2022

Subnodes of Drepanoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa
FamilyDrepanidae
Meyrick, 1895
Drepanids, False Owlet Moths, Hook Tip Moths, Hook-tip moths, Hooktip and False Owlet Moths, Hooktip Moths, Sicklefishes
12
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Drepanoidea at artfakta.se
Drepanoidea at dyntaxa.se
Drepanoidea at itis.gov