Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Southern Province (Sri Lanka)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 120
365
416 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 120
365
416 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 108
334
376 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 76
289
331 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 20
151
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 20
151
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 20
151
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths | 1
18
19 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Province (Sri Lanka)
1 Family width 19 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Southern Province (Sri Lanka)
18 Genera with 19 Species | Ampittia Moore, 1793 | Bush hoppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Badamia Moore, 1775 | Brown Awl | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caprona Wallengren, 1868 | Angles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cephrenes Waterhouse &..., 1908 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erionota Mabille, 1941 | Palm Redeye | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hesperopsis Dyar, 1876 | Sootywings | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iambrix Watson, 1865 | Chestnut Bobs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kedestes Watson, 1910 | Rangers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Milanion Godman & Salvin, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1862 | Demons | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelopidas F. Walker, 1798 | Branded Swifts | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Potanthus Scudder, 1862 | Dart species | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrrhopyge Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Suastus Moore, 1798 | Palm bob | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tagiades Hübner, 1781 | Clouded Flats | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Taractrocera Butler, 1793 | Grass Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Telicota Moore, 1878 | Palm Darts | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Udaspes Moore, 1775 | Grass demon | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Southern Province (Sri Lanka)
19 Species and 4 Subspecies | Ampittia dioscorides Fabricius, 1793 | Bush Hopper | | Badamia exclamationis Fabricius, 1775 | Brown Awl | | Caprona ransonnettii Felder, 1868 | Golden Angle | | Cephrenes trichopepla Lower, 1908 | Yellow Palm Dart | | Erionota torus Evans, 1941 | Banana Skipper | | Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus W. H. Edwards, 1876 | 'Saltbush' Saltbush Sootywing | | Iambrix salsala Moore, 1865 | Ceylon Palm Bob | | Kedestes lema lema Neave, 1910 | | | Milanion pilumnus pilumnus Mabille & Bo..., 1917 | | | Notocrypta curvifascia Felder & Felder, 1862 | Common banded Demon | | Pelopidas agna Moore, 1865 | Bengal Swift | | Pelopidas mathias Fabricius, 1798 | Black Branded Swift | | Potanthus confucius Felder & Felder, 1862 | Chinese Dart | | Pyrrhopyge charybdis charybdis Westwood, 1852 | Charybdis Firetip | | Suastus gremius Fabricius, 1798 | Ceylon Ace | | Tagiades japetus Stoll, 1781 | Black & White Flat | | Taractrocera maevius Fabricius, 1793 | Common | | Telicota bambusae Moore, 1878 | Dark Palm Dart | | Udaspes folus Cramer, 1775 | Chestnut Bob |
Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Southern Province (Sri Lanka)
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