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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
468
6345
15847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
468
6345
15847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
440
6186
15437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
271
4560
12054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
63
1384
3940
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
63
1384
3940
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
62
1380
3938
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
262
711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North Brazil
5 Families width 711 Species and 179 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths5SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper662SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths16SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths27SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in North Brazil
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
238
667
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
7
17
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
17
27
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom