Checklist of Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
for Mexico State (South-Central Mexico, Mexico)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 84
457
782 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 84
457
782 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 83
456
781 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 56
368
587 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 20
224
311 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 20
224
311 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 20
224
311 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
177
258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
175
256 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 2
30
47 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 14
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mexico State
14 Genera with 19 Species | Agapema Neumoegen & ..., 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Automeris Hübner, 1912 | Eyed Silkmoths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Citheronia Hübner, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coloradia Blake, 1912 | Pinemoths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copaxa Walker, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eupackardia Cockerell, 1853 | Calleta Silkmoth | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemileuca Walker, 1874 | Port Arthur Buck Moth | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hylesia Hübner, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucanella Lemaire, 1929 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ormiscodes Blanchard, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paradirphia Michener, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhescyntis Hübner, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rothschildia Grote, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syssphinx Hübner, 1780 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mexico State
19 Species and 1 Subspecies | Agapema homogena Dyar, 1908 | Rocky Mountain agapema | | Automeris cecrops Boisduval, 1875 | Cecrops eyed Silkmoth | | Automeris colenon Dyar, 1912 | | | Citheronia beledonon Dyar, 1912 | | | Coloradia euphrosyne Dyar, 1912 | | | Copaxa lavendera Westwood, 1854 | | | Copaxa multifenestrata Herrich-Schä..., 1858 | | | Eupackardia calleta Westwood, 1853 | Calleta Silkmoth | | Hemileuca lares Druce, 1897 | | | Hemileuca numa Druce, 1887 | | | Hemileuca rubridorsa R. Felder, 1874 | | | Hylesia omeva Dyar, 1916 | | | Leucanella leucane Geyer, 1837 | | | Leucanella muelleri Draudt, 1929 | | | Ormiscodes fumosa (Felder, 1874) | ⇒ Paradirphia fumosa Felder, 1874 | | Rhescyntis hippodamia hippodamia Cramer, 1777 | | | Rothschildia orizaba Westwood, 1853 | Orizaba Silkmoth | | Syssphinx malinalcoensis Lemaire, 1975 | | | Syssphinx molina Cramer, 1780 | |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Mexico State
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