Dutch species names of Section Macrolepidoptera (Macro-moths)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Dutch species names of Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991
Macro-moths

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	322 33641 568299	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991

Subsection	Rhopalocera Boisduval, 1836 Butterflies	3 1099 24454	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Lasiocampoidea Harris, 1841 ⇒ Bombycoidea Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar	2 428 6293	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Mimallonoidea van Nieukerken & al., 2011 Sack-bearer Moths	1 53 527	Family Genera Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Macrolepidoptera

German	Großschmetterlinge
English	Macro-moths

Distribution and Species lists of Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991

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Afghanistan
2 Families  22 Genera  35 SpeciesAlbania
2 Families  34 Genera  73 SpeciesAlgeria
2 Families  38 Genera  81 SpeciesAndorra
2 Families  26 Genera  51 SpeciesAngola
2 Families  102 Genera  243 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
2 Families  9 Genera  9 SpeciesArgentina
5 Families  227 Genera  556 SpeciesArmenia
2 Families  24 Genera  57 SpeciesAustralia
3 Families  190 Genera  679 SpeciesAustria
2 Families  52 Genera  103 SpeciesAzerbaijan
2 Families  22 Genera  44 SpeciesBahamas
4 Families  44 Genera  59 SpeciesBahrain
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBangladesh
2 Families  57 Genera  99 SpeciesBarbados
1 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesBelarus
2 Families  22 Genera  39 SpeciesBelgium
3 Families  44 Genera  74 SpeciesBelize
2 Families  143 Genera  286 SpeciesBenin
1 Families  33 Genera  52 SpeciesBhutan
2 Families  74 Genera  145 SpeciesBolivia
4 Families  224 Genera  616 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
2 Families  24 Genera  50 SpeciesBotswana
3 Families  47 Genera  85 SpeciesBrazil
5 Families  411 Genera  1914 SpeciesBrunei
2 Families  11 Genera  14 SpeciesBulgaria
2 Families  30 Genera  72 SpeciesBurkina Faso
2 Families  31 Genera  48 SpeciesBurundi
2 Families  24 Genera  41 SpeciesCambodia
2 Families  37 Genera  47 SpeciesCameroon
2 Families  143 Genera  585 SpeciesCanada
4 Families  122 Genera  257 SpeciesCape Verde
2 Families  33 Genera  35 SpeciesCentral African Republic
3 Families  93 Genera  240 SpeciesChad
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesChile
3 Families  44 Genera  107 SpeciesChina
3 Families  148 Genera  525 SpeciesColombia
4 Families  303 Genera  963 SpeciesComoros
2 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesCook Islands
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCosta Rica
5 Families  320 Genera  1050 SpeciesCroatia
2 Families  34 Genera  70 SpeciesCuba
5 Families  116 Genera  231 SpeciesCyprus
2 Families  11 Genera  12 SpeciesCzech Republic
3 Families  41 Genera  84 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
3 Families  156 Genera  690 SpeciesDenmark
3 Families  39 Genera  57 SpeciesDjibouti
2 Families  11 Genera  11 SpeciesDominica
1 Families  22 Genera  30 SpeciesDominican Republic
1 Families  34 Genera  51 SpeciesEast Timor
2 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesEcuador
4 Families  239 Genera  698 SpeciesEgypt
2 Families  25 Genera  33 SpeciesEl Salvador
2 Families  46 Genera  70 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
2 Families  49 Genera  112 SpeciesEritrea
2 Families  18 Genera  30 SpeciesEstonia
2 Families  35 Genera  56 SpeciesEthiopia
2 Families  58 Genera  137 SpeciesFiji
1 Families  15 Genera  37 SpeciesFinland
2 Families  35 Genera  57 SpeciesFrance
4 Families  176 Genera  363 SpeciesGabon
2 Families  115 Genera  327 SpeciesGambia
2 Families  34 Genera  74 SpeciesGeorgia
2 Families  66 Genera  118 SpeciesGermany
4 Families  105 Genera  187 SpeciesGhana
2 Families  106 Genera  398 SpeciesGreece
2 Families  73 Genera  149 SpeciesGrenada
1 Families  12 Genera  16 SpeciesGuatemala
3 Families  163 Genera  346 SpeciesGuinea
2 Families  76 Genera  223 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
2 Families  22 Genera  33 SpeciesGuyana
3 Families  138 Genera  236 SpeciesHaiti
2 Families  39 Genera  50 SpeciesHonduras
5 Families  200 Genera  449 SpeciesHungary
2 Families  35 Genera  66 SpeciesIceland
2 Families  26 Genera  26 SpeciesIndia
3 Families  221 Genera  701 SpeciesIndonesia
3 Families  183 Genera  681 SpeciesIran
2 Families  39 Genera  105 SpeciesIraq
2 Families  13 Genera  23 SpeciesIreland
2 Families  31 Genera  38 SpeciesIsrael
2 Families  24 Genera  42 SpeciesItaly
3 Families  78 Genera  148 SpeciesIvory Coast
2 Families  116 Genera  409 SpeciesJamaica
3 Families  54 Genera  79 SpeciesJapan
2 Families  108 Genera  206 SpeciesJordan
2 Families  20 Genera  24 SpeciesKazakhstan
2 Families  18 Genera  31 SpeciesKenya
3 Families  135 Genera  447 SpeciesKiribati
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesKosovo
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKuwait
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
2 Families  16 Genera  34 SpeciesLaos
2 Families  75 Genera  183 SpeciesLatvia
2 Families  25 Genera  42 SpeciesLebanon
2 Families  23 Genera  32 SpeciesLesotho
3 Families  22 Genera  36 SpeciesLiberia
4 Families  164 Genera  345 SpeciesLibya
2 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesLiechtenstein
2 Families  16 Genera  32 SpeciesLithuania
2 Families  27 Genera  45 SpeciesLuxembourg
2 Families  30 Genera  53 SpeciesMadagascar
3 Families  96 Genera  285 SpeciesMalawi
2 Families  113 Genera  347 SpeciesMalaysia
2 Families  130 Genera  426 SpeciesMaldives
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesMali
2 Families  12 Genera  18 SpeciesMalta
2 Families  19 Genera  20 SpeciesMarshall Islands
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesMauritania
2 Families  10 Genera  15 SpeciesMauritius
2 Families  30 Genera  36 SpeciesMexico
5 Families  354 Genera  1335 SpeciesMicronesia
2 Families  44 Genera  48 SpeciesMoldova
1 Families  11 Genera  26 SpeciesMongolia
2 Families  23 Genera  41 SpeciesMontenegro
2 Families  15 Genera  32 SpeciesMorocco
2 Families  28 Genera  53 SpeciesMozambique
3 Families  109 Genera  228 SpeciesMyanmar
2 Families  93 Genera  262 SpeciesNamibia
2 Families  65 Genera  126 SpeciesNauru
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNepal
2 Families  96 Genera  211 SpeciesNetherlands
3 Families  102 Genera  212 SpeciesNew Zealand
3 Families  42 Genera  55 SpeciesNicaragua
3 Families  128 Genera  236 SpeciesNiger
2 Families  14 Genera  18 SpeciesNigeria
3 Families  126 Genera  437 SpeciesNiue
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNorth Korea
2 Families  20 Genera  27 SpeciesNorway
3 Families  59 Genera  85 SpeciesOman
2 Families  23 Genera  37 SpeciesPakistan
3 Families  47 Genera  69 SpeciesPalau
2 Families  32 Genera  36 SpeciesPalestine
2 Families  14 Genera  25 SpeciesPanama
4 Families  251 Genera  654 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
2 Families  59 Genera  196 SpeciesParaguay
1 Families  106 Genera  188 SpeciesPeru
5 Families  304 Genera  1090 SpeciesPhilippines
2 Families  102 Genera  272 SpeciesPoland
2 Families  36 Genera  70 SpeciesPortugal
3 Families  47 Genera  80 SpeciesQatar
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
2 Families  68 Genera  227 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
4 Families  170 Genera  462 SpeciesRomania
2 Families  28 Genera  64 SpeciesRussia
2 Families  91 Genera  203 SpeciesRwanda
2 Families  41 Genera  69 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
2 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesSaint Lucia
2 Families  22 Genera  25 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Families  16 Genera  18 SpeciesSamoa
2 Families  9 Genera  9 SpeciesSan Marino
2 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
2 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
2 Families  26 Genera  49 SpeciesSenegal
3 Families  53 Genera  109 SpeciesSerbia
3 Families  19 Genera  37 SpeciesSeychelles
2 Families  15 Genera  21 SpeciesSierra Leone
2 Families  96 Genera  308 SpeciesSingapore
2 Families  68 Genera  127 SpeciesSlovakia
2 Families  25 Genera  55 SpeciesSlovenia
2 Families  23 Genera  55 SpeciesSolomon Islands
2 Families  55 Genera  90 SpeciesSomalia
2 Families  24 Genera  44 SpeciesSomaliland
2 Families  19 Genera  30 SpeciesSouth Korea
2 Families  53 Genera  88 SpeciesSouth Sudan
2 Families  36 Genera  68 SpeciesSpain
4 Families  105 Genera  181 SpeciesSri Lanka
2 Families  76 Genera  111 SpeciesSudan
2 Families  45 Genera  92 SpeciesSuriname
3 Families  152 Genera  310 SpeciesSweden
4 Families  137 Genera  247 SpeciesSwitzerland
2 Families  50 Genera  113 SpeciesSyria
2 Families  16 Genera  27 SpeciesTaiwan
3 Families  111 Genera  312 SpeciesTajikistan
2 Families  15 Genera  23 SpeciesTanzania
2 Families  151 Genera  565 SpeciesThailand
2 Families  136 Genera  439 SpeciesTogo
2 Families  63 Genera  131 SpeciesTonga
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
4 Families  178 Genera  366 SpeciesTunisia
2 Families  15 Genera  23 SpeciesTurkey
2 Families  64 Genera  151 SpeciesTurkmenistan
2 Families  12 Genera  15 SpeciesTuvalu
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUganda
2 Families  123 Genera  484 SpeciesUkraine
2 Families  27 Genera  65 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
2 Families  11 Genera  12 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
4 Families  147 Genera  280 SpeciesUruguay
1 Families  27 Genera  33 SpeciesUSA
5 Families  301 Genera  969 SpeciesUzbekistan
2 Families  15 Genera  25 SpeciesVanuatu
1 Families  9 Genera  12 SpeciesVenezuela
4 Families  210 Genera  507 SpeciesVietnam
2 Families  90 Genera  224 SpeciesYemen
2 Families  22 Genera  42 SpeciesZambia
3 Families  123 Genera  343 SpeciesZimbabwe
4 Families  110 Genera  298 Species

Distribution on islands

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
2 Families  7 Genera  8 SpeciesGreen River Formation
1 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesMuch Wenlock Limestone Formation
2 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesPosidonia Shale
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRott Formation
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesYixian Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species