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Checklist of Family Megalopygidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (Crinkled Flannel Moths)
for Quepos (Puntarenas, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
238
2102
2428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
237
2101
2428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
231
2090
2415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
166
1872
2214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
40
844
1330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
40
844
1330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
40
844
1330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
16
198
230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
6
27
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Zygaenoidea
Latreille, 1809
Burnet moths, Burnets, Flannel, Forester moths
4
21
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMegalopygidae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Crinkled Flannel Moths, Flannel Moths
4
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Quepos
4 Genera with 8 Species
Megalopyge Hübner, 17824SpeciesTaxom
Mesoscia Hübner, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Norape Walker, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Trosia Hübner, 19822SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Quepos
8 Species
Megalopyge albicollis Walker, 1855
Megalopyge lanata Stoll, 1780
Megalopyge opercularis Smith & Abbot, 1797Asp caterpillar
Megalopyge tharops Stoll, 1782
Mesoscia dyari Schaus, 1912
Norape nevermanni Hopp, 1927
Trosia dimas Cramer, 1775
Trosia nigropunctigera Fletcher, 1982

Subnodes of Megalopygidae with occurrences in Quepos
SubfamilyMegalopyginae
1
4
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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