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Taxonomy of Genus Mecothrix Hacker, 2012


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
25
9782
130745
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyNolidae
Hampson, 1894
Hatted Caterpillars, Nolid moths, Tuft moths, Tufted Moths
376
5223
Genera
Species
SubfamilyNolinae
Bruand, 1846
Hatted Caterpillars, Nolid moths, Nolines, Tuft moths
130
3205
Genera
Species
TribeNolini
Bruand, 1846
99
2585
Genera
Species
GenusMecothrix
Hacker, 2012
38Species
Subnodes of Mecothrix Hacker, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix abyssinica Hacker, 2012
2Subspecies
SpeciesMecothrix adelpha Fletcher D. S., 1958
SpeciesMecothrix aegyptiaca Snellen, 1875
4Subspecies
SpeciesMecothrix afroalpina Hacker, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix balealpina Hacker, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix bittermanni Hacker, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix brachymorpha Hacker, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix calochromata Hacker, 2014
SpeciesMecothrix denauxi Orhant, 2003
SpeciesMecothrix destituta Hacker, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix flaviciliata Hampson, 1901
SpeciesMecothrix guillermeti Orhant, 2003
SpeciesMecothrix herbuloti Toulgoët, 1982
SpeciesMecothrix iridescens van Son, 1933
SpeciesMecothrix lobmayeri Hacker, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix maputuana László, 2019
SpeciesMecothrix megasema Hampson, 1914
SpeciesMecothrix melalopha Hampson, 1900
SpeciesMecothrix mineti Hacker, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix obliquilinealis Toulgoët, 1972
SpeciesMecothrix omphalota Hampson, 1903
2Subspecies
SpeciesMecothrix phaeocraspis Hampson, 1909
SpeciesMecothrix phoenicosa Hacker, 2014
SpeciesMecothrix poliophasma Fletcher D. S., 1958
SpeciesMecothrix rubicastanea Hacker, 2014
SpeciesMecothrix toulgoetiana Hacker & Hoppe, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix triangulalis Toulgoët, 1962
SpeciesMecothrix undulata Fletcher D. S., 1962
SpeciesMecothrix usambara Hacker, 2012
SpeciesMecothrix vidoti Legrand, 1966


Distribution of Mecothrix Hacker, 2012
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic South Africa, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe


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