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The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera. This list is sorted by MONA number (sometimes called a Hodges number), a numbering system for North American moths introduced by Ronald W. Hodges, et al. in 1983 in the publication Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico.
North American moths represent about 12,000 types of moths. In comparison, there are about 825 species of North American butterflies. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera. This list is sorted by MONA number (MONA is short for Moths of America North of Mexico).
This article is a list of lists of some of the 160,000 species of Lepidoptera that are commonly known as moths. By region. Lists of Lepidoptera by region;
Introduced in 1983 by Hodges through the publication of Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico, the system began an ongoing numeration process in order to compile a list of the over 12,000 moths of North America north of Mexico. The system numbers moths within the same family close together for identification purposes.
Basic moth identification features. While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and ...
Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. [1] The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world.
This page provides links to detailed lists of moth species that have been recorded in Canada. The lists are sorted by family. Luna moth (Actias luna) Macro moths
The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. [1] They are generally divided in three subfamilies , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae , previously often placed in their own family, bear a superficial resemblance to Noctuidae .