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Checklist for Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
and region Northeast Tanzania (North Tanzania, Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
240
1407
1904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
240
1407
1904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
228
1371
1847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
162
1127
1545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
42
381
650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
42
381
650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
41
380
647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
20
294
534
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
18
270
505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
4
39
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySaturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal
14
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northeast Tanzania
14 Genera with 27 Species
Adafroptilum Darge, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Antistathmoptera Tams, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Argema Wallengren, 1895African moon moths1SpeciesTaxom
Athletes Karsch, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Bunaea Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Campimoptilum Karsch, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Epiphora Wallengren, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Gonimbrasia Butler, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Lobobunaea Packard, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Micragone Walker, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Nudaurelia Rothschild, 19175SpeciesTaxom
Pseudobunaea Bouvier, 20094SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoludia Strand, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Tagoropsis Felder, 19071SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northeast Tanzania
27 Species
Adafroptilum septiguttata Weymer, 1909
Antistathmoptera daltonae Tams, 1935
Argema besanti Rebel, 1895
Athletes gigas Sonthonnax, 1902
Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth
Campimoptilum pareensis Darge, 2008
Epiphora magdalena Gruenberg, 1909
Epiphora vicina Darge, 2012
Gonimbrasia alcestris Weymer, 1907
Gonimbrasia hoehnelii Rogenhofer, 1891
Lobobunaea angasana Westwood, 1849
Lobobunaea saturnus Fabricius, 1793
Lobobunaea weymeri (Aurivillius, 1910)⇒ Lobobunaea angasana Westwood, 1849
Micragone amaniana Darge, 2010
Micragone remota Darge, 2005
Nudaurelia formosissima Darge, 2009
Nudaurelia kiliensis Darge, 2009
Nudaurelia kohlli Darge, 2009
Nudaurelia maranguensis Darge, 2009
Nudaurelia myrtea Rebel, 1917
Pseudobunaea claryi Darge, 2009
Pseudobunaea elucida Darge, 2009
Pseudobunaea miriakambana Darge, 2009
Pseudobunaea santini Darge, 2009
Pseudoludia lilacina Weymer, 1907
Pseudoludia suavis Rothschild, 1907
Tagoropsis sabulosa Rothschild, 1907

Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Northeast Tanzania
SubfamilySaturniinae
Boisduval, 1837
Giant Silkworm Moths, Silkmoths
14
27
Genera
Species

Taxom



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