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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
16427
71407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
755
16419
71389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
702
16115
70324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
12496
58285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
88
3391
13725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
3386
13719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
83
3368
13692
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
411
1914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brazil
5 Families width 1914 Species and 657 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths7SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths6SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper1747SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths87SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths67SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Brazil
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
358
1753
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
25
94
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
28
67
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom