Checklist of Family Megalopygidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (Crinkled Flannel Moths)
for Caribbean (America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 652
12103
37600 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 648
12086
37564 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 623
11935
37166 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 382
9386
29680 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 84
3290
9209 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 84
3290
9209 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 82
3285
9204 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 35
874
2316 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
| 10
77
185 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Zygaenoidea
Latreille, 1809
Burnet moths, Burnets, Flannel, Forester moths | 7
56
130 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Megalopygidae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Crinkled Flannel Moths, Flannel Moths | 10
26 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Caribbean
10 Genera with 26 Species | Aithorape Hopp, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Edebessa Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hysterocladia Felder, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macara Dognin, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalopyge Hübner, 1828 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoscia Hübner, 1923 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Norape Walker, 1852 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Podalia Walker, 1897 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Thoscora Schaus, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trosia Hübner, 1982 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Caribbean
26 Species | Aithorape roseicornis Dognin, 1899 | | | Edebessa purens Walker, 1855 | | | Hysterocladia latiunca Hopp, 1927 | | | Macara nigripes Dyar, 1909 | | | Megalopyge albicollis Walker, 1855 | | | Megalopyge basalis Walker, 1856 | | | Megalopyge krugii Dewitz, 1897 | | | Megalopyge lanata Stoll, 1780 | | | Megalopyge opercularis Smith & Abbot, 1797 | Asp caterpillar | | Megalopyge tharops Stoll, 1782 | | | Megalopyge trujillina Dyar, 1910 | | | Megalopyge xanthopasa Sepp, 1828 | | | Mesoscia dyari Schaus, 1912 | | | Mesoscia unifascia Dognin, 1923 | | | Norape argyrorrhoea Hübner, 1825 | | | Norape nevermanni Hopp, 1927 | | | Norape ovina Sepp, 1852 | White Flannel Moth | | Podalia dimidiata Herrich-Schä..., 1856 | | | Podalia farmbri Kaye, 1924 | | | Podalia orsilochus Cramer, 1775 | | | Podalia thanatos Schaus, 1905 | | | Podalia tympania Druce, 1897 | | | Thoscora acca Schaus, 1892 | | | Thoscora brugea Schaus, 1904 | | | Trosia dimas Cramer, 1775 | | | Trosia nigropunctigera Fletcher, 1982 | |
Subnodes of Megalopygidae with occurrences in Caribbean
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