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Checklist of Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
for Central America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16581
69850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16571
69836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16352
68957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
409
13007
57703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
3902
15251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
3902
15251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
3892
15219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
373
1533
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central America
5 Families width 1533 Species and 435 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths15SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Indet. Skipper1330SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths121SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths66SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Central America
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
333
1345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
21
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
19
66
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom