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Checklist for Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
and region Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
351
2766
4827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
350
2765
4825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
2706
4722
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
217
2329
4193
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
48
1113
2044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
48
1113
2044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
47
1112
2044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
4
162
308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Trinidad
4 Families width 308 Species and 65 Subspecies
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper277SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths15SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths14SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Trinidad
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
150
279
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
1
5
15
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
7
14
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom