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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
490
6922
16136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
489
6921
16135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
468
6849
15979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
289
5336
12590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
60
1535
3414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
60
1535
3414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
59
1528
3407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
5
261
654
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southeast Brazil
5 Families width 654 Species and 126 Subspecies
Anthelidae Turner, 1904Australian Lappet Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper604SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths30SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths16SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Southeast Brazil
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
234
605
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
2
14
33
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
13
16
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom