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Checklist of Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
for Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
568
8090
22812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
565
8082
22805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
540
7963
22498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
341
6262
18920
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
76
2369
7894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
76
2369
7894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
74
2362
7885
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
4
232
685
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ecuador
4 Families width 685 Species and 220 Subspecies
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths14SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Indet. Skipper623SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths35SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths13SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Ecuador
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
207
637
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
1
16
35
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
9
13
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom