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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Amazonas (North Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
382
3979
8553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
382
3979
8553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
3864
8271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
2959
6620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
51
865
2050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
51
865
2050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
51
865
2050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
139
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Amazonas
5 Families width 260 Species and 95 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper219SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths13SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths24SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Amazonas
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
117
222
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
5
14
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
17
24
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom