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Checklist for Infraorder Exoporia Dugdale, 1974
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
209
6733
56403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
6591
56071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
83
4302
27836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
82
4295
27811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Exoporia
Dugdale, 1974
2
7
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Afrotropical
2 Families width 91 Species
Hepialidae Stephens, 1829Ghost Moths79SpeciesTaxom
Prototheoridae Meyrick, 1917African Primitive Ghost Moths12SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Afrotropical
7 Genera with 91 Species
Afrotheora Nielsen & Sc..., 19217SpeciesTaxom
Antihepialus Janse, 19425SpeciesTaxom
Eudalaca Viette, 195033SpeciesTaxom
Gorgopis Hübner, 188131SpeciesTaxom
Leto Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Metahepialus Janse, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Prototheora Meyrick, 192012SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
91 Species
Afrotheora argentimaculata E.S. Nielsen..., 1986
Afrotheora brevivalva E.S. Nielsen..., 1986
Afrotheora flavimaculata E.S. Nielsen..., 1986
Afrotheora jordani Viette, 1956
Afrotheora minirhodaula E.S. Nielsen..., 1986
Afrotheora rhodaula Meyrick, 1926
Afrotheora thermodes Meyrick, 1921
Antihepialus antarcticus Wallengren, 1860
Antihepialus aurifaber (Felder, 1874)⇒ Antihepialus antarcticus Wallengren, 1860
Antihepialus capeneri Janse, 1948
Antihepialus keniae Holland, 1892
Antihepialus vansoni Janse, 1942
Eudalaca aequifascia Gaede, 1930
Eudalaca albiplumis Warren, 1914
Eudalaca albistriata Hampson, 1910Yellowfinned leatherjacket
Eudalaca ammon Wallengren, 1860
Eudalaca amphiarma Meyrick, 1926
Eudalaca aurifuscalis Janse, 1942
Eudalaca bacotii Quail, 1900
Eudalaca cretata Distant, 1897
Eudalaca crossosema Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca crudeni Janse, 1942
Eudalaca eriogastra Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca exul Herrich-Schä..., 1853Zebra sole
Eudalaca gutterata Janse, 1942
Eudalaca hololeuca Hampson, 1910Yellowfinned leatherjacket
Eudalaca holophaea Hampson, 1910Yellowfinned leatherjacket
Eudalaca homoterma Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca ibex Wallengren, 1860
Eudalaca infumata Janse, 1942
Eudalaca isorrhoa Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca leniflua Janse, 1942
Eudalaca leucocyma Hampson, 1910Yellowfinned leatherjacket
Eudalaca leucophaea Janse, 1919
Eudalaca minuscula Janse, 1942
Eudalaca nomaqua Walker, 1856
Eudalaca orthocosma Janse, 1942
Eudalaca rivula Janse, 1942
Eudalaca rufescens Hampson, 1910Yellowfinned leatherjacket
Eudalaca sanctahelena Viette, 1951
Eudalaca semicanus Janse, 1919
Eudalaca troglodytis Janse, 1919
Eudalaca vaporalis Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca vindex Meyrick, 1939
Eudalaca zernyi Viette, 1950
Gorgopis alticola Aurivillius, 1910
Gorgopis altitudinis Le Cerf, 1914
Gorgopis angustiptera Janse, 1948
Gorgopis annulosa Gaede, 1930
Gorgopis armillata Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis auratilis Janse, 1919
Gorgopis aurifuscata Janse, 1942
Gorgopis butlerii Dewitz, 1881
Gorgopis caffra Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Gorgopis centaurica Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis cochlias Janse, 1942
Gorgopis crudeni Janse, 1919
Gorgopis furcata Janse, 1942
Gorgopis fuscalis Janse, 1919
Gorgopis grisescens Gaede, 1930
Gorgopis hunti Janse, 1942
Gorgopis inornata Janse, 1942
Gorgopis intervallata Warren, 1914
Gorgopis leucopetala Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis libania Stoll, 1781
Gorgopis limbopunctata Gaede, 1930
Gorgopis lobata Janse, 1942
Gorgopis olivaceonotata Warren, 1914
Gorgopis pallidiflava Janse, 1942
Gorgopis pholidota Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis ptiloscelis Meyrick, 1919
Gorgopis salti Tams, 1952
Gorgopis serangota Janse, 1942
Gorgopis subrimosa Janse, 1942
Gorgopis tanganyikaensis Viette, 1950
Gorgopis zellerii Dewitz, 1881
Leto venus Cramer, 1780
Metahepialus plurimaculata Warren, 1914
Metahepialus xenoctenis Meyrick, 1926
Prototheora angolae D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora biserrata D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora cooperi Janse, 1942
Prototheora corvifera Meyrick, 1920
Prototheora drackensbergae D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora geniculata D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora merga D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora monoglossa Meyrick, 1924
Prototheora parachlora Meyrick, 1919
Prototheora petrosema Meyrick, 1917
Prototheora quadricornis Meyrick, 1920
Prototheora serruligera Meyrick, 1920

Subnodes of Exoporia with occurrences in Afrotropical
SuperfamilyHepialoidea
Stephens, 1829
Ghost Moths
2
7
91
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom