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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
401
3514
6584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
400
3513
6582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3451
6458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
2759
5315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
54
1200
2261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
54
1200
2261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
1199
2261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
4
178
366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Trinidad and Tobago
4 Families width 366 Species and 70 Subspecies
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Skipper329SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths19SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths16SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
165
331
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
1
5
19
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
8
16
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom