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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Lasiocampidae

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 > Bombycoidea

Pachypasa sp. larvae

Pachypasa sp. larvae (Lasiocampinae). [photo Hamish Robertson]

Subfamilies native to southern Africa

List from Vári et al. (2002).

Lasiocampinae

27 Genera and 85 species native to southern Africa

 

Chondrosteginae

2 Genera and 3 species native to southern Africa

 

Malacosomatinae

3 Genera and 6 species native to southern Africa

 

Gastropachinae

3 Genera and 5 species native to southern Africa

 

Gonometinae

15 Genera and 28 species native to southern Africa

 

Publications

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