Insects species 1

 

Coleopetra meaning “hard wings”:
370,000 species, e.g. beetles

Hymenoptera “membrane wings”;
198,000 species, e.g. ants, bees, wasps

Lepidopetra “Scaly wings”: 165,000 species,
e.g.butterflies and moths

Diptera “two—wings”: 122,000 species,
e.g. midges, mosquitoes, true flies

Hemiptera '”half wings”: 82,000 species,
e.g. aphids and cicads

Orthoptera “straight wings”: 20,000 species,
e.g. crickets and locusts

Trichoptera “hairy wings”: 8,000 species,
e.g. caddisflies

Coliembola “sticky peg”: 6,500 species,
e.g. springtails

Phthiraptera “louse wings”: 6,000 species,
e.g. bitting and sucking lice

Odonata “toothed flies”: 5,500 species,
e.g. dragonflies