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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Liberia (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
373
5345
8846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
372
5344
8846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
5261
8620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
250
4580
7746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
53
1726
3934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
53
1726
3934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
1726
3934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
4
164
345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Liberia
4 Families width 345 Species and 27 Subspecies
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths8SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper263SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths61SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths13SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Liberia
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
120
271
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
1
35
61
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
9
13
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom