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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
71
1255
2808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
70
1251
2798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Exoporia
Dugdale, 1974
2
12
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
2 Families width 48 Species
Hepialidae Stephens, 1829Ghost Moths38SpeciesTaxom
Prototheoridae Meyrick, 1917African Primitive Ghost Moths10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
12 Genera with 48 Species
Afrotheora Nielsen & Sc..., 19213SpeciesTaxom
Antihepialus Janse, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Cic1SpeciesTaxom
Dalaca Walker, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Eudalaca Viette, 193915SpeciesTaxom
Gorgopis Hübner, 188113SpeciesTaxom
Hepialus Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Leto Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Metahepialus Janse, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Metatheora Meyrick, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Neoleto Eitschberger..., 20211SpeciesTaxom
Prototheora Meyrick, 19209SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
48 Species
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
Cic ferruginea
Eudalaca albiplumis Warren, 1914
Eudalaca ammon Wallengren, 1860
Eudalaca amphiarma Meyrick, 1926
Eudalaca aurifuscalis Janse, 1942
Eudalaca cretata Distant, 1897
Eudalaca crudeni Janse, 1942
Eudalaca eriogastra Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca exul Herrich-Schä..., 1853Zebra sole
Eudalaca homoterma Meyrick, 1921
Eudalaca krooni Mey, 2019
Eudalaca leucophaea Janse, 1919
Eudalaca minuscula Janse, 1942
Eudalaca nomaqua Walker, 1856
Eudalaca orthocosma Janse, 1942
Eudalaca vindex Meyrick, 1939
Gorgopis angustiptera Janse, 1948
Gorgopis butlerii Dewitz, 1881
Gorgopis caffra Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Gorgopis cochlias Janse, 1942
Gorgopis fuscalis Janse, 1919
Gorgopis grisescens Gaede, 1930
Gorgopis libania Stoll, 1781
Gorgopis olivaceonotata Warren, 1914
Gorgopis pholidota Meyrick, 1921
Gorgopis ptiloscelis Meyrick, 1919
Gorgopis serangota Janse, 1942
Gorgopis subrimosa Janse, 1942
Gorgopis zellerii Dewitz, 1881
Leto venus Cramer, 1780
Metahepialus plurimaculata Warren, 1914
Metahepialus xenoctenis Meyrick, 1926
Metatheora corvifera (Meyrick, 1920)⇒ Prototheora corvifera Meyrick, 1920
Neoleto stevei Eitschberger..., 2021
Prototheora biserrata D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora cooperi Janse, 1942
Prototheora corvifera Meyrick, 1920
Prototheora geniculata D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora merga D.R. Davis, 1996
Prototheora monoglossa Meyrick, 1924
Prototheora petrosema Meyrick, 1917
Prototheora quadricornis Meyrick, 1920
Prototheora serruligera Meyrick, 1920

Subnodes of Exoporia with occurrences in Western Cape
SuperfamilyHepialoidea
Stephens, 1829
Ghost Moths
2
12
48
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom