Checklist of Superfamily Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 (Moths)
for West Cameroon (Cameroon)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 21
66
81 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 21
66
81 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 21
66
81 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 18
63
78 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 7
19
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 7
19
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 7
19
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 6
18
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 6
18
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 3
14
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for West Cameroon
3 Families width 17 Species
Genera for West Cameroon
14 Genera with 17 Species | Abrostola Ochsenheimer, 1975 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afroarctia de Toulgoët, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aletia Hübner, 1973 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Callopistria Hübner, 1973 | Fern Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deinhugia Laporte, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Feliniopsis Roepke, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gigantoceras Holland, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maghadena Beck, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mentaxya Geyer, 1973 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Odontestra Hampson, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plusiophaes Prout, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poeonoma Tams & J. Bo..., 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tracheplexia Janse, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for West Cameroon
17 Species | Abrostola fallax Dufay, 1975 | | | Afroarctia mamfei de Toulgoët, 1978 | | | Aletia evoei Laporte, 1974 | | | Aletia mvakoumelensis Laporte, 1973 | | | Callopistria unica Laporte, 1973 | | | Deinhugia nigra Laporte, 1974 | | | Feliniopsis gueneei Laporte, 1973 | | | Gigantoceras apicibrunnea Laporte, 1974 | | | Maghadena dokoa Laporte, 1973 | | | Mentaxya camerunensis Laporte, 1973 | | | Mentaxya suffusalis Laporte, 1973 | | | Mentaxya trisellatoides Laporte, 1973 | | | Odontestra altitudinis Laporte, 1973 | | | Plusiophaes apicalis Laporte, 1974 | | | Poeonoma nigribasis Laporte, 1974 | | | Tracheplexia occidentalis (Laporte, 1973) | ⇒ Tracheplexia lucia Felder & Rog..., 1974 | | Ulotrichopus nigricans Laporte, 1973 | |
Subnodes of Noctuoidea with occurrences in West Cameroon | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths, Underwings, Wasp Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Noctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Dagger moths, Miller Moths, Noctuid moths, Owlet Moths, Underwing moths, Underwings | 11
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nolidae
Hampson, 1894
Hatted Caterpillars, Nolid moths, Tuft moths, Tufted Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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