Species list, Checklist of Suborder Glossata (Modern butterflies and moths) for Alta Sierra (Nevada County, California, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Suborder Glossata Fabricius, 1775 (Modern butterflies and moths)
and region Alta Sierra (Nevada County, California, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	25 39 39	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	25 39 39	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	24 38 38	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	19 33 33	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	7 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	7 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Alta Sierra
7 Families width 7 Species

Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809	Skipper	1	Species	Taxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815	Cankerworm moths	1	Species	Taxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815	Erebid Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Lasiocampidae (Harris, 1841)	Eggar Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809	Armyworms	1	Species	Taxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	1	Species	Taxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802	Hawk Moths	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Alta Sierra
7 Genera with 7 Species

Heliopetes Billberg, 1852	White Skippers	1	Species	Taxom
Hesperumia Packard, 1873		1	Species	Taxom
Hypena Schrank, 1884	Bloxworth snout	1	Species	Taxom
Malacosoma Hübner, 1820	Tent Caterpillar Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Panthea Hübner, 1890		1	Species	Taxom
Speyeria Scudder, 1869	Fritillaries	1	Species	Taxom
Sphinx Linnaeus, 1823		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Alta Sierra
7 Species

Heliopetes ericetorum Boisduval, 1852	Great Basin White Skipper
Hesperumia sulphuraria Packard, 1873	Sulphur Moth
Hypena decorata J. B. Smith, 1884	Tupelo
Malacosoma disstria (Hübner, 1820)	⇒ Metalectra discalis Grote, 1876
Panthea gigantea French, 1890	Banded leopard blowfish
Speyeria hydaspe Boisduval, 1869	Hydaspe Fritillary
Sphinx chersis Hübner, 1823	Great Ash Sphinx

Subnodes of Glossata with occurrences in Alta Sierra

Infraorder

Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918

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