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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
657
12365
38331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
653
12348
38295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
12188
37884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
383
9584
30287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
84
3355
9380
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
84
3355
9380
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
3350
9375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
274
696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Caribbean
5 Families width 696 Species and 253 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths12SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper595SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths59SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths27SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Caribbean
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
237
607
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
27
62
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
10
27
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom