Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Houston County (Alabama, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 146
437
464 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 146
437
464 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 138
416
436 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 92
334
359 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 33
151
164 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 33
151
164 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 33
151
164 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 1
12
16 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Houston County (Alabama)
1 Family width 16 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Houston County (Alabama)
12 Genera with 16 Species | Ancyloxypha Felder, 1793 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epargyreus Hübner, 1775 | Flasher butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erynnis Schrank, 1857 | Duskywings | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Euphyes Scudder, 1923 | Grass skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lerodea Scudder, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoxeniades Hayward, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pholisora Scudder, 1793 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poanes Scudder, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polites Scudder, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgus Hübner, 1872 | Checkered skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thoressa Swinhoe, 1894 | Ace butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Wallengrenia Berg, 1797 | Broken-Dashes | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Houston County (Alabama)
16 Species and 2 Subspecies | Ancyloxypha arene Edwards, 1871 | Orange Least Skipperling | | Ancyloxypha numitor Fabricius, 1793 | Common Least Skipper | | Epargyreus clarus Cramer, 1775 | Huachuca Skipper | | Erynnis (Erynnis) icelus Scudder & Bu..., 1870 | Aspen Dusky Wing | | Erynnis horatius Scudder & Bu..., 1870 | Brown Dusky Wing | | Erynnis juvenalis Fabricius, 1793 | 'Arizona' Juvenal's Duskywing | | Erynnis zarucco Lucas, 1857 | Streamlined Dusky Wing | | Euphyes dukesi Lindsey, 1923 | Brown Sedge Skipper | | Lerodea eufala Edwards, 1869 | Eufala Skipper | | Neoxeniades braesia andricus Mabille, 1895 | | | Pholisora catullus Fabricius, 1793 | Common sooty wing | | Poanes hobomok Harris, 1862 | Hobomok Skipper | | Polites origenes Fabricius, 1793 | Cross-Line Skipper | | Pyrgus communis Grote, 1872 | Checkered Skipper | | Thoressa fusca caenis Leech, 1894 | | | Wallengrenia otho Smith, 1797 | Broken Dash |
Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Houston County (Alabama)
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