Checklist of Superfamily Nepticuloidea Staiton, 1854 (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
for Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 752
15103
59523 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 748
15065
59380 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 713
14835
58655 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 442
11966
51259 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 86
3693
15622 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 85
3687
15599 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 82
3669
15457 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Nepticulina
Meyrick, 1928
| 3
17
242 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Nepticuloidea
Staiton, 1854
Pygmy Leafmining Moths | 2
14
229 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Africa
2 Families width 229 Species
Subnodes of Nepticuloidea with occurrences in Southern Africa | Family | Nepticulidae
Stainton, 1854
Leaf miners, Leaf-miner moths, Midget moths, Minute Eye Cap Moths, Minute Eye-Cap Moths, Nepticulid moths, Pigmy, Pigmy moths, Pygmy Eye-Capped Moths, Pygmy eyecap moths, Pygmy Moths | 11
207 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Opostegidae
Meyrick, 1893
Opostegid moths, White Eye Cap Moths, White Eye-Cap Moths, White Eye-Capped Moths, White eyecap moths | 3
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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