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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1321
50475
424947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1315
50409
424765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1179
49568
420027
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
642
38200
347168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
116
10265
78499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
109
10196
78394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
100
10120
78118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
670
5662
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for America
5 Families width 5662 Species and 2420 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths15SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths32SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper4905SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths512SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths198SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in America
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
556
4937
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
76
527
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
38
198
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom