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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2110
116133
1222976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2101
115931
1221959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1812
113780
1210168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
929
84484
1007160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
146
21770
211450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
134
21590
211034
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
123
21455
210065
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
1059
10033
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Continents
5 Families width 10033 Species and 4186 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths203SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths32SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper7421SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths2176SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths201SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Continents
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
755
7453
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
266
2379
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
38
201
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom