Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region North West (Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 158
830
1288 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 158
830
1288 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 150
807
1244 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 99
667
1064 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 24
242
351 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 24
242
351 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 24
242
351 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 2
22
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for North West
2 Families width 33 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for North West
22 Genera with 33 Species #ABCEFGHKLMPST
| Abantis Hoppfer, 1855 | Paradise skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Achlyodes Hübner, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acleros Mabille, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthela Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arnetta Watson, 1897 | Bobs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbo W.H. Evans, 1916 | Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coeliades Hübner, 1937 | Policemen | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eagris Guenée, 1832 | Flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fulda Evans, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gegenes Hübner, 1804 | Dingy Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gomalia Moore, 1862 | African Mallow Skipper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hovala Evans, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1793 | Rangers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leucochitonea Wallengren, 1857 | White Cloaked Skippers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metisella Hemming, 1857 | Sylphs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1798 | Branded Swifts | 1 | Species | Taxom | Perrotia Oberthür, 1916 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Platylesches Holland, 1877 | Hoppers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sarangesa Moore, 1857 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spialia Swinhoe, 1764 | African grizzled skippers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Thoressa Swinhoe, 1894 | Ace butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tsitana Evans, 1870 | Sylphs | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for North West
33 Species and 2 Subspecies | Abantis tettensis Hopffer, 1855 | Spotted Paradise Skipper | | Achlyodes mithridates sagra Evans, 1953 | | | Acleros leucopyga Mabille, 1877 | | | Anthela acuta Walker, 1855 | Common anthelid | | Arnetta hyposticta Mabille, 1897 | Angled Sylph | | Borbo fallax Gaede, 1916 | False Swift | | Coeliades pisistratus Fabricius, 1793 | Two Pip Policeman | | Coeliades rama Evans, 1937 | Malagasy Policeman | | Eagris sabadius Gray, 1832 | Orange Flat | | Fulda coroller Boisduval, 1833 | Common Fulda | | Gegenes pumilio Hoffmannsegg, 1804 | Dark Hottentot | | Gomalia elma Trimen, 1862 | African Mallow | | Hovala saclavus Mabille, 1891 | | | Kedestes callicles Hewitson, 1868 | Pale Ranger | | Kedestes lepenula Wallengren, 1857 | Chequered Ranger | | Kedestes nerva Fabricius, 1793 | Scarce Ranger | | Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857 | White-cloaked Skipper | | Metisella meninx Trimen, 1873 | Marsh Sylph | | Metisella willemi Wallengren, 1857 | Netted Sylph | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Platylesches ayresii Trimen, 1889 | Peppered Hopper | | Platylesches moritili Wallengren, 1857 | Common Hopper | | Platylesches neba Hewitson, 1877 | Flower-girl Hopper | | Sarangesa motozi Wallengren, 1857 | Elfin Skipper | | Spialia asterodia Trimen, 1864 | Asterodia Sandman | | Spialia delagoae Trimen, 1898 | Delagoa Grizzled Skipper | | Spialia diomus Hopffer, 1855 | Common Sandman | | Spialia dromus Plötz, 1884 | Dromus Grizzled Skipper | | Spialia paula Higgins, 1925 | Mite Sandman | | Spialia secessus Trimen, 1891 | Wolkberg Sandman | | Spialia spio Linnaeus, 1764 | Mountain Sandman | | Thoressa fusca caenis Leech, 1894 | | | Tsitana tsita Trimen, 1870 | Dismal Sylph |
Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in North West
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