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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region French Guiana (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
380
5457
14498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
5457
14498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
361
5373
14341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
230
4404
12651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
56
1832
5690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
56
1832
5690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
56
1832
5690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
189
465
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for French Guiana
5 Families width 465 Species and 102 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths16SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper337SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths57SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths54SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in French Guiana
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
156
353
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
14
58
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
19
54
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom