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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
840
24886
144846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
837
24869
144808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
776
24445
142884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
457
18795
117333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
92
5609
34121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
89
5603
34114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
87
5580
34057
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
504
3525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern South America
5 Families width 3525 Species and 1557 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths8SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths30SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper3076SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths273SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths138SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Northern South America
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
429
3106
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
42
281
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
33
138
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom