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Checklist of Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
for Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
501
7087
22038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
499
7082
22032
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
481
6999
21791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
301
5800
19585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2170
7993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2168
7990
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
2164
7984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
3
135
447
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
3 Families width 447 Species and 60 Subspecies
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Indet. Skipper256SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths190SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Kenya
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
1
72
256
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
1
62
190
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom