Checklist of Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
for Lesotho (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 288
1975
3826 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 287
1972
3822 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1944
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
1390
2777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 38
401
733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 38
401
733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 37
399
728 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 16
306
590 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
297
573 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 3
24
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 7
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Lesotho
7 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Lesotho
10 Species and 1 Subspecies | Afroptilum sudafricanum Lestage, 1924 | | | Automeris larra larra | | | Bunaea caffra (Hübner, 1820) | ⇒ Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780 | | Capena fuscinervis Stål, 1866 | | | Gonimbrasia belina Westwood, 1849 | Mopane Moth | | Gonimbrasia cytherea Fabricius, 1775 | | | Gonimbrasia tyrrhea Cramer, 1775 | Willow tree caterpillar | | Holocerina smilax Westwood, 1849 | | | Pseudobunaea irius Fabricius, 1793 | | | Pseudobunaea tyrrhena Westwood, 1849 | |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Lesotho
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