Checklist of Family Megalopygidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (Crinkled Flannel Moths)
for Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 396
3475
6536 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 395
3474
6534 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 380
3412
6411 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 242
2730
5276 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 54
1193
2252 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 54
1193
2252 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 53
1192
2252 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 23
227
303 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
| 6
28
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Zygaenoidea
Latreille, 1809
Burnet moths, Burnets, Flannel, Forester moths | 5
27
42 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Megalopygidae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Crinkled Flannel Moths, Flannel Moths | 7
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
7 Genera with 15 Species
Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
15 Species | Edebessa purens Walker, 1855 | | | Macara nigripes Dyar, 1909 | | | Megalopyge albicollis Walker, 1855 | | | Megalopyge lanata Stoll, 1780 | | | Megalopyge opercularis Smith & Abbot, 1797 | Asp caterpillar | | Megalopyge tharops Stoll, 1782 | | | Megalopyge xanthopasa Sepp, 1828 | | | Norape argyrorrhoea Hübner, 1825 | | | Norape ovina Sepp, 1852 | White Flannel Moth | | Podalia dimidiata Herrich-Schä..., 1856 | | | Podalia farmbri Kaye, 1924 | | | Podalia orsilochus Cramer, 1775 | | | Thoscora brugea Schaus, 1904 | | | Trosia dimas Cramer, 1775 | | | Trosia nigropunctigera Fletcher, 1982 | |
Subnodes of Megalopygidae with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago
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