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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Antilles (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
624
10531
30355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
620
10516
30326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
595
10384
30019
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
368
8207
24054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
2747
7248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
2747
7248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
78
2744
7245
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
169
385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Antilles
5 Families width 385 Species and 182 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths11SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper318SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths38SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths16SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Antilles
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
140
329
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
21
40
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
8
16
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom