Macrolepidoptera Macrolepidoptera

Macrolepidoptera - Definition

Macrolepidoptera is a sometime Suborder of Order Lepidoptera, the second-largest Order of the Insects.

The taxon has included the following Superfamilies:

  • Bombycoidea -- Moths (in part).
  • Drepanoidea -- Depranids.
  • Geometroidea -- Measuring worms.
  • Hesperioidea -- Skippers.
  • Mimallonoidea -- Sack bearers.
  • Noctuoidea -- Moths (in part).
  • Papilionoidea -- Butterflies
  • Sphingoidea -- Sphinx moths.
  • Uranioidea -- Epiplemid moths.

See also

External links

  • ITIS (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=117234)
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