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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
649
12089
36507
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
645
12074
36476
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
619
11919
36088
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
381
9444
29197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
84
3340
9260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
84
3340
9260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
3335
9256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
272
692
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Caribbean islands
5 Families width 692 Species and 251 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths12SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper591SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths59SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths27SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Caribbean islands
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
235
603
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