| LEPIDOPTERA | |||||
| Diversity of genera and species | |||||
| (From Kristensen ed., 1999. Handbuch der Zoologie) | |||||
| Superfamily |
Genera
|
Number
of species
|
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| Micropterigiodea | 6 | 182 | |||
| Agathiphagoidea | 1 | 2 | |||
| Heterobathmioidea | 1 | 9 | |||
| Eriocranioidea | 6 | 24 | |||
| Acanthopteroctedoidea | 2 | 5 | |||
| Lophocoronoidea | 1 | 6 | |||
| Neopseustoidea | 3 | 10 | |||
| Mnesarchaeoidea | 1 | 14 | |||
| Hepialoidea | 61 | 544 | |||
| Nepticuloidea |
17
|
902
|
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| Incurvarioidea | 72 | 598 | |||
| Palaephatoidea | 7 | 60 | |||
| Tischerioidea | 1 | 80 | |||
| Simaethistoidea | 2 | 4 | |||
| Tineoidea | 406 | 4,352 | |||
| Gracillarioidea | 90 | 2,315 | |||
| Yponomeutoidea | 83 | 1,578 | |||
| Gelechioidea | 1,390 | 15,966 | |||
| Galacticoidea |
3
|
17
|
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| Zygaenoidea | 98 | 2,700 | |||
| Cossoidea | 114 | 676 | |||
| Sesioidea | 149 | 1360 | |||
| Choreutoidea | 12 | 405 | |||
| Tortricoidea | 755 | 6,338 | |||
| Urodoidea | 3 | 60 | |||
| Schreckentsteinioidea | 2 | 5 | |||
| Epermenioidea | 5 | 83 | |||
| Alucitoidea | 15 | 158 | |||
| Pterophoroidea | 73 | 986 | |||
| Whalleyanoidea | 1 | 2 | |||
| Immoidea | 6 | 246 | |||
| Copromorphoidea | 29 | 318 | |||
| Hyblaeoidea | 2 | 18 | |||
| Pyraloidea | 215 | 17,786 | |||
| Thyridoidea | 12 | 1,220 | |||
| Mimallonoidea | 30 | 200 | |||
| Lasiocampoidea | 158 | 1,575 | |||
| Bombycoidea | 466 | 3,425 | |||
| Axioidea | 2 | 6 | |||
| Calliduloidea | 8 | 60 | |||
| Hedyloidea | 1 | 40 | |||
| Hesperioidea (details) | 550 | 3,500 | |||
| Papilionoidea (details) | 2,000 | 14,000 | |||
| Drepanoidea | 129 | 675 | |||
| Geometroidea | 2,060 | 21,740 | |||
| Noctuoidea | 7,250 | 70,000 | |||
| TOTAL | 16,298 | 174,250 | |||