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Checklist for Family Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892 (Giant Lappet Moths)
and region Transvaal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
3054
5696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
229
2399
4651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
60
791
1438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
60
790
1437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
59
787
1426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
22
388
683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
342
614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
3
25
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths
6
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transvaal
6 Genera with 15 Species
Hemijana Aurivillius, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Jana Herrich-Schä..., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Phiala Wallengren, 19118SpeciesTaxom
Phyllalia Walker, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Stenoglene Felder, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Tissanga Distant, 18921SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
15 Species
Hemijana subrosea Aurivillius, 1893
Jana transvaalica (Strand, 1911)⇒ Jana eurymas Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Phiala arrecta (Distant, 1899)⇒ Phiala incana Distant, 1897
Phiala costipuncta Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Phiala flavipennis Wallengren, 1875
Phiala incana Distant, 1897
Phiala ochritincta (Strand, 1911)⇒ Phiala costipuncta Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Phiala polita Distant, 1897
Phiala pulverea Distant, 1903
Phiala similis (Aurivillius, 1911)⇒ Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Phyllalia ochrina Strand, 1911
Phyllalia umbripennis Strand, 1911
Stenoglene evanescens Distant, 1903
Stenoglene subcroceus Distant, 1903
Tissanga pretoriae Distant, 1892

Subnodes of Eupterotidae with occurrences in Transvaal
SubfamilyEupterotinae
Forbes, 1955
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStriphnopteryginae
Wallengren, 1858
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



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