MOTHS OF BELIZE

SPECIES NUMBER ESTIMATES

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FAMILY:
1. Well-known
PAPILIONOIDEA:
SPHINGIDAE:
SATURNIIDAE:
ARCTIIDAE:
(Ctenuchinae):

2. Poorly-known
PSYCHIDAE:
COSSIDAE:
MEGALOPYGIDAE:
LIMACODIDAE:
DALCERIDAE:
PYRALIDAE:
LASIOCAMPIDAE:
OXYTENIDAE:
APATELODIDAE:
MIMALLONIDAE:
GEOMETRIDAE:
HEDYLIDAE:
URANIIDAE:
SEMATURIDAE:
LYMANTRIIDAE:
DIOPTIDAE:
DOIDAE:
NOCTUIDAE:
NOTODONTIDAE:
TOTAL:

World (No.)
14,500
1,050
1,300
11,000
(1,800)

World (No.)
600
700
230
1,000
84
25,000
2,200
34
250
200
20,000
35
700
35
2,700
400
6?
21,000
3,000
106,000

Belize (No.)
436
103
59
215
(78)

Belize (known)
2
3
7
19
1
(152+)
7
1
9
7
(133+)
3
2
1
5
2
1
(213+)
(70+)
1,451+

Belize (% of world)
3%
9.8%
4.5%
2%
(4.3%)

Belize Est. [@2%]
12
14
5
20
2
500
44
1
5
4
400
1
14
1
54
8
1
420
60
2,379








Belize Est. [@9.8%]
59
69
23
98
8
2,450
215
3
25
20
1,960
3
69
3
265
39
1
2,058
294
8,475

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