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Checklist for Family Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892 (Giant Lappet Moths)
and region Dar es Salaam Region (Southeast Tanzania, Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
90
345
426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
90
345
426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
86
331
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
59
284
368
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
25
164
219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
25
164
219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
25
164
219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
12
128
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
11
127
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
3
26
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Dar es Salaam Region
3 Genera with 4 Species
Phiala Wallengren, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Rhodopteriana Bouyer, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Stenoglene Felder, 18962SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Dar es Salaam Region
4 Species
Phiala difficilis (Strand, 1911)⇒ Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Rhodopteriana salaamensis Darge, 2013
Stenoglene aequidistans Strand, 1915
Stenoglene pira Druce, 1896

Subnodes of Eupterotidae with occurrences in Dar es Salaam Region
SubfamilyEupterotinae
Forbes, 1955
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStriphnopteryginae
Wallengren, 1858
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eupterotidae at afromoths.net
Eupterotidae at gbif.org
Eupterotidae at irmng.org