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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
394
5650
9138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
393
5649
9138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
375
5569
9021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
277
4904
8225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
57
1690
3808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
57
1690
3808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
57
1690
3808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
4
124
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brunca Region
4 Families width 224 Species and 21 Subspecies
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths13SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper141SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths46SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths24SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Brunca Region
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
104
154
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
1
8
46
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
12
24
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom