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Checklist of Section Macrolepidoptera Minet, 1991 (Macro-moths)
for West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
611
13150
40526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
607
13142
40500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
578
12983
39982
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
364
10569
34741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
3711
13264
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
3708
13260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
3706
13258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Macrolepidoptera
Minet, 1991
Macro-moths
4
238
818
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Africa
4 Families width 818 Species and 79 Subspecies
Hedylidae Guenée, 1857American Butterfly Moths8SpeciesTaxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809Indet. Skipper507SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841Eggar Moths288SpeciesTaxom
Mimallonidae Burmeister, 1878Mimallonid Moths15SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Macrolepidoptera with occurrences in West Africa
SubsectionRhopalocera
Boisduval, 1836
Butterflies
2
146
515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea
Harris, 1841
Lappet Moths, Tent Caterpillar
1
82
288
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuperfamilyMimallonoidea
van Nieukerken & al., 2011
Sack-bearer Moths
1
10
15
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom