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This is a list of the Diversity of the Lepidotera showing the estimated number of genera and species described for each superfamily and, where available, family. See Lepidoptera for a note of the schedule of families used.
| Superfamily | Family | Genera | Species
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| Micropterigiodea | Micropterigidae | 6 | 182
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| Agathiphagoidea | Agathiphagidae | 1 | 2
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| Heterobathmioidea | Heterobathmiidae | 1 | 9
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| Eriocranioidea | Eriocraniidae | 6 | 24
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| Acanthopteroctedoidea | Acanthopteroctetidae | 2 | 5
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| Lophocoronoidea | Lophocoronidae | 1 | 6
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| Neopseustoidea | Neopseustidae | 3 | 10
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| Mnesarchaeoidea | Mnesarchaeidae | 1 | 14
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| Hepialoidea | | 61 | 544
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| | Anomosetidae | ? | ?
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| | Hepialidae | 50 | 500
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| | Neotheoridae | ? | ?
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| | Palaeosetidae | ? | ?
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| | Prototheoridae | ? | ?
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| Nepticuloidea | | 17 | 902
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| | Nepticulidae | ? | ?
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| | Opostegidae | ? | ?
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| Incurvarioidea | | 72 | 598
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| | Adelidae | ? | ?
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| | Cecidosidae | ? | ?
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| | Crinopterygidae | ? | ?
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| | Heliozelidae | ? | ?
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| | Incurvariidae | ? | ?
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| | Prodoxidae | 12 | 80
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| Palaephatoidea | Palaephatidae | 7 | 60
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| Tischerioidea | Tischeriidae | 1 | 80
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| Simaethistoidea | Simaethistidae | 2 | 4
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| Tineoidea | | 406 | 4,352
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| | Acrolophidae | ? | 300
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| | Arrhenophanidae | ? | ?
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| | Eriocottidae | ? | ?
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| | Lypusidae | ? | ?
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| | Psychidae | ? | ?
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| | Tineidae | 320 | 3,000
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| Gracillarioidea | | 90 | 2,315
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| | Bucculatricidae | ? | ?
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| | Douglasiidae | ? | ?
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| | Gracillariidae | 75 | 2,000
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| | Roeslerstammiidae | ? | ?
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| Yponomeutoidea | | 83 | 1,578
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| | Acrolepiidae | ? | ?
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| | Bedelliidae | ? | ?
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| | Glyphipterigidae | ? | 384
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| | Heliodinidae | ? | ?
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| | Lyonetiidae | ? | ?
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| | Plutellidae | ? | 100
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| | Yponomeutidae | ? | 600
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| | Ypsolophidae | ? | ?
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| Gelechioidea | | 1,390 | 15,966
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| | Agonoxenidae | ? | ?
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| | Batrachedridae | ? | ?
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| | Blastobasidae | ? | ?
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| | Coleophoridae | 43 | 1,418
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| | Cosmopterigidae | 106 | 1,628
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| | Elachistidae | 165 | 3,270
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| | Ethmiidae | ? | ?
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| | Gelechiidae | 507 | 4,530
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| | Holcopogonidae | ? | ?
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| | Lecithoceridae | ? | ?
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| | Metachandidae | ? | ?
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| | Momphidae | ? | ?
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| | Oecophoridae | ? | ?
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| | Pterolonchidae | ? | ?
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| | Scythrididae | ? | ?
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| | Symmocidae | ? | ?
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| Galacticoidea | Galacticidae | 3 | 17
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| Zygaenoidea | | 98 | 2,700
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| | Aididae | ? | ?
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| | Anomoeotidae | ? | ?
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| | Cyclotornidae | ? | ?
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| | Dalceridae | ? | ?
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| | Epipyropidae | ? | ?
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| | Heterogynidae | ? | ?
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| | Himantopteridae | ? | ?
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| | Lacturidae | ? | ?
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| | Limacodidae | ? | 1,100
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| | Megalopygidae | ? | ?
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| | Somabrachyidae | ? | ?
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| | Zygaenidae | ? | ?
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| Cossoidea | | 114 | 676
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| | Cossidae | 113 | 670
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| | Dudgeoneidae | 1 | ?
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| Sesioidea | | 149 | 1,360
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| | Brachodidae | ? | ?
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| | Castniidae | ? | ?
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| | Sesiidae | 123 | 1,123
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| Choreutoidea | Choreutidae | 12 | 405
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| Tortricoidea | Tortricidae | 755 | 6,338
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| Urodoidea | Urodidae | 3 | 60
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| Schreckentsteinioidea | Schreckensteiniidae | 2 | 5
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| Epermenioidea | Epermeniidae | 5 | 83
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| Alucitoidea | | 15 | 158
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| | Alucitidae | ? | 130
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| | Tineodidae | ? | ?
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| Pterophoroidea | Pterophoridae | 73 | 986
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| Whalleyanoidea | Whalleyanidae | 1 | 2
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| Immoidea | Immidae | 6 | 246
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| Copromorphoidea | | 29 | 318
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| | Carposinidae | ? | ?
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| | Copromorphidae | ? | ?
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| Hyblaeoidea | Hyblaeidae | 2 | 18
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| Pyraloidea | | 215 | 17,786
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| | Crambidae | ? | 11,630
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| | Pyralidae | ? | 6,150
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| Thyridoidea | Thyrididae | 12 | 1,220
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| Mimallonoidea | Mimallonidae | 30 | 200
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| Lasiocampoidea | | 158 | 1,575
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| | Anthelidae | ? | ?
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| | Lasiocampidae | 150 | 1,500
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| Bombycoidea | | 466 | 3,425
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| | Bombycidae | ? | ?
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| | Brahmaeidae | ? | ?
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| | Carthaeidae | ? | ?
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| | Endromidae | ? | ?
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| | Eupterotidae | ? | ?
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| | Lemoniidae | ? | ?
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| | Mirinidae | ? | ?
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| | Saturniidae | 165 | 1,480
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| | Sphingidae | 200 | 1,200
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| Axioidea | Axiidae | 2 | 6
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| Calliduloidea | Callidulidae | 8 | 60
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| Hedyloidea | Hedylidae | 1 | 40
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| Hesperioidea | Hesperiidae | 550 | 3,500
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| Papilionoidea | | 1,400 | 14,000
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| | Lycaenidae | 566 | 4,698
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| | Nymphalidae | 633 | 5,698
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| | Papilionidae | 26 | 605
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| | Pieridae | 74 | 1,051
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| | Riodinidae | 140 | 1,250
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| Drepanoidea | | 129 | 675
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| | Drepanidae | 123 | 665
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| | Epicopeiidae | ? | ?
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| Geometroidea | | 2,060 | 21,740
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| | Geometridae | ? | 26,000
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| | Sematuridae | ? | ?
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| | Uraniidae | 90 | 700
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| Noctuoidea | | 7,250 | 70,000
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| | Arctiidae | ? | 11,000
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| | Doidae | ? | ?
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| | Lymantriidae | 360 | 2,500
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| | Noctuidae | 4,200 | 35,000
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| | Nolidae | 308 | 1,400
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| | Notodontidae | ? | 3,500
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| | Oenosandridae | ? | ?
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| | Pantheidae | ? | ?
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References
- Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). 1999. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York. ISBN 3110170779
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