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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Alajuela (Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
408
5803
10301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
407
5802
10301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
5734
10113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
280
5013
9221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
57
1834
4298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
57
1834
4298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
56
1832
4297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
4
190
403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Alajuela
4 Families width 403 Species and 21 Subspecies
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths12SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper308SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths58SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths25SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Alajuela
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
170
320
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
1
9
58
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
11
25
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom