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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
609
11807
34482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
606
11803
34480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
577
11648
34014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
378
9725
29913
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
75
3167
10626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
75
3167
10626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
74
3163
10622
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
319
1048
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Costa Rica
5 Families width 1048 Species and 181 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths15SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Indet. Skipper874SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths101SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths57SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Costa Rica
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
283
889
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
18
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
18
57
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom