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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
585
24354
178963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
104
6624
38442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
100
6565
38351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
95
6539
38254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
474
2252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North America
5 Families width 2252 Species and 768 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths7SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths10SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper2022SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths185SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths28SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in North America
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
415
2032
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
46
192
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
13
28
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom