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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Rio de Janeiro (Southeast Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
409
4319
8071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
409
4319
8071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
397
4275
7998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
254
3394
6433
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
57
1050
2092
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
57
1050
2092
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
56
1047
2087
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
201
412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Rio de Janeiro
5 Families width 412 Species and 84 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper385SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths18SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths6SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Rio de Janeiro
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
186
386
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
9
20
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
6
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom