Moth Species Per Family in southern Africa

From Kruger's List (using old Family concepts: DNA & new species will upset this, so as of about 2020) we have

about 10,800 species (incl. Butterflies) in these families (**** with over 1000 observations in Jan 2023):

1,587 Erebidae Tiger Moths ****
1,563 Geometridae Geometer Moths ****

983 Noctuidae Owlet Moths ****
631 Pyralidae Pyrilid Snout Moths ****
598 Gelechiidae Twirler Moths
540 Crambidae Crambid Snouth Moths ****
[509 Lycaenidae Butterfly - Blues] ****

[324 Nymphalidae Butterflies: Brush-footed] ****
309 Tortricidae Torticid Leafroller Moths ****
276 Tineidae Clothes Moths
237 Lasiocampidae Lappet Moths ****
237 Notodontidae Prominent Moths

176 Scythrididae Flower Moths
175 Gracillariidae Leaf Blotch Miner Moths
160 Nolidae Tufted Moths ****
[155 Hesperiidae Buttterfiles: Skippers] ****
146 Psychidae Bagworm Moths ****
126 Limacodidae Slug Caterpillar Moths
125 Nepticulidae Pygmy Eye-capped Moths
125 Pterophoridae Plume Moths
121 Sphingidae Hawk Moths ****

98 Sesiidae
95 Cossidae
93 Elachistidae
92 Oecophoridae
86 Cosmopterigidae
86 Saturniidae Emperor Moths ****
82 Eupterotidae Monkey Moths ****
81 Hepialidae
74 Thyrididae
73 Adelidae
[64 Pieridae Butterfly: Whites] ****
61 Metarbelidae
55 Lecithoceridae

48 Euteliidae
39 Coleophoridae
37 Zygaenidae
34 Eriocottidae
30 Autostichidae
28 Alucitidae
27 Yponomeutidae
25 Bucculatricidae
23 Stathmopodidae
22 Lyonetiidae
[22 Papilionidae Butterfly: Swallowtails] ****
20 Uraniidae

18 Batrachedridae
18 Glyphipterigidae
16 Xyloryctidae
15 Opostegidae
13 Carposinidae
13 Himantopteridae
12 Blastobasidae
12 Choreutidae
12 Micropterigidae
12 Prototheoridae
11 Brachodidae
11 Cecidosidae
11 Epermeniidae
10 Lacturidae
10 Tischeriidae

9 Drepanidae
9 Hyblaeidae
8 Bombycidae
8 Plutellidae
6 Acrolepiidae
6 Lypusidae
6 Somabrachyidae
5 Heliozelidae
5 Ithomiidae
5 Symmocidae

4 Anomoeotidae
4 Argyresthiidae
4 Brahmaeidae
4 Epipyropidae
4 Immidae
3 Galacticidae
3 Pterolonchidae

2 Bedelliidae
2 Castniidae
2 Copromorphidae
2 Dudgeoneidae
2 Hibrildidae
2 Nemeobiidae
2 Praydidae
2 Prodoxidae
2 Pterothysanidae
2 Ypsolophidae
1 Acanthopteroctetidae
1 Attevidae
1 Incurvariidae
1 Prodidactidae
1 Sematuridae

Publicerat 27 januari 2023 08.51 av tonyrebelo