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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Aganaidae 

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Noctuoidea 

Asota speciosa  Photo © Simon van Noort (Iziko).

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Vári et al. (2002).

Asota

Two species: Asota borbonica and Asota speciosa

 

Digama

 

Phaegorista

Two species: Phaegorista agaristoides* and Phaegorista xanthosoma

 

Soloe

Two species: Soloe fumipennis and Soloe tripunctata

 

Reference

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.

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