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Checklist for Infraorder Exoporia Dugdale, 1974
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
283
1672
2201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
283
1672
2201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
275
1655
2186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
1494
2029
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
52
382
545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
52
381
543
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Exoporia
Dugdale, 1974
2
8
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Town
2 Families width 18 Species
Hepialidae Stephens, 1829Ghost Moths13SpeciesTaxom
Prototheoridae Meyrick, 1917African Primitive Ghost Moths5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Town
8 Genera with 18 Species
Afrotheora Nielsen & Sc..., 19261SpeciesTaxom
Antihepialus Janse, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Dalaca Walker, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Eudalaca Viette, 19394SpeciesTaxom
Gorgopis Hübner, 19426SpeciesTaxom
Metahepialus Janse, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Metatheora Meyrick, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Prototheora Meyrick, 19204SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Town
18 Species
Afrotheora rhodaula Meyrick, 1926
Antihepialus antarcticus Wallengren, 1860
Eudalaca ammon Wallengren, 1860
Eudalaca exul Herrich-Schä..., 1853Zebra sole
Eudalaca orthocosma Janse, 1942
Eudalaca vindex Meyrick, 1939
Gorgopis caffra Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Gorgopis cochlias Janse, 1942
Gorgopis fuscalis Janse, 1919
Gorgopis olivaceonotata Warren, 1914
Gorgopis ptiloscelis Meyrick, 1919
Gorgopis subrimosa Janse, 1942
Metahepialus xenoctenis Meyrick, 1926
Metatheora corvifera (Meyrick, 1920)⇒ Prototheora corvifera Meyrick, 1920
Prototheora cooperi Janse, 1942
Prototheora corvifera Meyrick, 1920
Prototheora petrosema Meyrick, 1917
Prototheora quadricornis Meyrick, 1920

Subnodes of Exoporia with occurrences in Cape Town
SuperfamilyHepialoidea
Stephens, 1829
Ghost Moths
2
8
18
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom