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Checklist of Family Megalopygidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (Crinkled Flannel Moths)
for Antilles (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
617
10225
29511
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
613
10210
29482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
589
10089
29196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
367
7999
23420
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
2683
7084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
2683
7084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
78
2680
7081
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
35
756
1948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
10
60
140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Zygaenoidea
Latreille, 1809
Burnet moths, Burnets, Flannel, Forester moths
7
45
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMegalopygidae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Crinkled Flannel Moths, Flannel Moths
8
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Antilles
8 Genera with 18 Species
Aithorape Hopp, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Hysterocladia Felder, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Megalopyge Hübner, 19107SpeciesTaxom
Mesoscia Hübner, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Norape Walker, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Podalia Walker, 18974SpeciesTaxom
Thoscora Schaus, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Trosia Hübner, 19822SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Antilles
18 Species
Aithorape roseicornis Dognin, 1899
Hysterocladia latiunca Hopp, 1927
Megalopyge albicollis Walker, 1855
Megalopyge basalis Walker, 1856
Megalopyge krugii Dewitz, 1897
Megalopyge lanata Stoll, 1780
Megalopyge opercularis Smith & Abbot, 1797Asp caterpillar
Megalopyge tharops Stoll, 1782
Megalopyge trujillina Dyar, 1910
Mesoscia dyari Schaus, 1912
Mesoscia unifascia Dognin, 1923
Norape nevermanni Hopp, 1927
Podalia orsilochus Cramer, 1775
Podalia thanatos Schaus, 1905
Podalia tympania Druce, 1897
Thoscora acca Schaus, 1892
Trosia dimas Cramer, 1775
Trosia nigropunctigera Fletcher, 1982

Subnodes of Megalopygidae with occurrences in Antilles
SubfamilyMegalopyginae
2
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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