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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1015
31826
191976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1012
31805
191924
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
929
31274
189459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
543
24019
154741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
104
6839
40833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
100
6828
40819
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
93
6769
40648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
544
3841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South America
5 Families width 3841 Species and 1667 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths9SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths32SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper3316SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths336SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths148SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in South America
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
460
3348
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
50
345
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
34
148
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom