Checklist for Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
and region Western Cape (Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 528
5425
11871 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 526
5418
11860 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 502
5315
11672 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 332
4419
10200 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 71
1255
2808 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 70
1251
2798 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 67
1237
2748 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 24
751
1740 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
686
1616 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 5
52
85 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 14
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Western Cape
14 Genera with 19 Species | Actias Leach, 1877 | Asian-American moon moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afroptilum Gillies, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aurivillius Packard, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bunaea Hübner, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Capena Fawcett, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eochroa Felder, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonimbrasia Butler, 1775 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Heniocha Hübner, 1782 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyperchirioides Lemaire, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Imbrasia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Nudaurelia Rothschild, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudobunaea Bouvier, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Usta Wallengren, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vegetia Jordan, 1831 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Western Cape
19 Species and 1 Subspecies | Actias gnoma gnoma Butler, 1877 | | | Afroptilum sudafricanum Lestage, 1924 | | | Aurivillius arata Westwood, 1849 | | | Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780 | Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth | | Bunaea durbania (Oberthür, 1910) | ⇒ Bunaea alcinoe Stoll, 1780 | | Capena fuscinervis Stål, 1866 | | | Eochroa trimeni Felder, 1874 | | | Gonimbrasia bubo Bouvier, 1930 | | | Gonimbrasia capensis Cramer, 1780 | | | Gonimbrasia cytherea Fabricius, 1775 | | | Gonimbrasia tyrrhea Cramer, 1775 | Willow tree caterpillar | | Heniocha apollonia Cramer, 1782 | | | Hyperchirioides smilax Westwood, 1849 | | | Imbrasia cytherea (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Gonimbrasia cytherea Fabricius, 1775 | | Pseudobunaea tyrrhena Westwood, 1849 | | | Usta wallengrenii C. Felder & ..., 1859 | | | Vegetia dewitzi Maassen & We..., 1885 | | | Vegetia ducalis Jordan, 1922 | Ducal Princeling | | Vegetia grimmia Geyer, 1831 | |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Western Cape
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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