Revision of Higher Classification of Superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) in Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Senior Scientific Secretary Entomology, Inter-African Phytosanitry Council, African Union,

2 Classification Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center

Abstract

Revision of Superfamily Noctuoidea in Egypt can be can be summarized by four families, 31 subfamilies and 329 species belonging to 138 genera as follows: Family Erebidae (12 subfamilies with 51 genera and 116 species); Family Euteliidae (one subfamily, two species belonging to one genus); Family Nolidae (three subfamily was recorded, include 5 genera and 10 species); and Family Noctuidae (16 subfamilies including 203 species belonging to 81 genera).

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