Checklist for Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
and region Benelux (West Europe)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 704
10060
34018 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 701
10048
34000 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 647
9800
33419 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 414
8082
29172 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 73
1997
6005 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 72
1992
5991 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 69
1981
5964 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 23
1244
3386 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
1094
2747 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 5
61
113 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 15
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Benelux
15 Genera with 24 Species | Actias Leach, 1807 | Asian-American moon moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Afroptilum Gillies, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aglia Ochsenheimer, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Antheraea Hübner, 1776 | Tussah moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Attacus Linnaeus, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callosamia Packard, 1773 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dryocampa Harris, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epiphora Wallengren, 1907 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gynanisa Walker, 1992 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemileuca Walker, 1875 | Port Arthur Buck Moth | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ludia Wallengren, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhescyntis Hübner, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rothschildia Grote, 1868 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Samia Hübner, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saturnia Schrank, 1775 | Emperor moths | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Benelux
24 Species and 5 Subspecies | Actias luna Linnaeus, 1758 | Luna moth | | Actias selene Hübner, 1807 | Indian Luna Moth | | Afroptilum sudafricanum Lestage, 1924 | | | Aglia macropis Lenz, 1925 | | | Aglia tau Linnaeus, 1758 | Tau emperor | | Aglia tau tau | | | Antheraea (Telea) polyphemus Cramer, 1776 | Giant silkworm moth | | Attacus atlas Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlas Moth | | Callosamia angulifera Walker, 1855 | Angulated silk moth | | Callosamia promethea Drury, 1773 | Promethea moth | | Dryocampa rubicunda Fabricius, 1793 | Green-striped mapleworm | | Epiphora mythimna Moorei Swinhoe, 1902 | | | Epiphora pelosoma Rothschild, 1907 | | | Gynanisa thiryi Bouyer, 1992 | | | Hemileuca eglanterina Boisduval, 1852 | Common sheep moth | | Hemileuca hera hera Harris, 1841 | | | Hemileuca lucina H. Edwards, 1887 | New England Buck Moth | | Hemileuca nutalli Strecker, 1875 | Nuttall's Sheepmoth | | Ludia obscura aora | | | Rhescyntis hippodamia hippodamia Cramer, 1777 | | | Rothschildia erycina erycina Shaw, 1795 | | | Rothschildia forbesi Félix Édouar..., 1868 | Forbes Giant Silkmoth | | Samia cynthia Drury, 1773 | Ailanthus silk moth | | Saturnia (Eudia) pavonia Linnaeus, 1758 | Emperor | | Saturnia (Saturnia) pyri Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Giant Emperor Moth |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Benelux
Links, sources and further information Saturniidae at artfakta.se
Saturniidae at dyntaxa.se
Saturniidae at gbif.org
Saturniidae at irmng.org
Saturniidae at itis.gov
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