Lepidopteran diversity
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This is a list of the Diversity of the Lepidoptera 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 |
| Micropterigiodea | Micropterigidae | 6 | 182 |
| Agathiphagoidea | Agathiphagidae | 1 | 2 |
| Heterobathmioidea | Heterobathmiidae | 1 | 9 |
| Eriocranioidea | Eriocraniidae | 6 | 24 |
| Acanthopteroctedoidea | Acanthopteroctetidae | 2 | 5 |
| Lophocoronoidea | Lophocoronidae | 1 | 6 |
| Neopseustoidea | Neopseustidae | 3 | 10 |
| Mnesarchaeoidea | Mnesarchaeidae | 1 | 14 |
| Hepialoidea | 61 | 544 | |
| Anomosetidae | ? | ? | |
| Hepialidae | 50 | 500 | |
| Neotheoridae | ? | ? | |
| Palaeosetidae | ? | ? | |
| Prototheoridae | ? | ? | |
| Nepticuloidea | 17 | 902 | |
| Nepticulidae | ? | ? | |
| Opostegidae | ? | ? | |
| Incurvarioidea | 72 | 598 | |
| Adelidae | ? | ? | |
| Cecidosidae | ? | ? | |
| Crinopterygidae | ? | ? | |
| Heliozelidae | ? | ? | |
| Incurvariidae | ? | ? | |
| Prodoxidae | 12 | 80 | |
| Palaephatoidea | Palaephatidae | 7 | 60 |
| Tischerioidea | Tischeriidae | 1 | 80 |
| Simaethistoidea | Simaethistidae | 2 | 4 |
| Tineoidea | 406 | 4,352 | |
| Acrolophidae | ? | 300 | |
| Arrhenophanidae | ? | ? | |
| Eriocottidae | ? | ? | |
| Lypusidae | ? | ? | |
| Psychidae | ? | ? | |
| Tineidae | 320 | 3,000 | |
| Gracillarioidea | 90 | 2,315 | |
| Bucculatricidae | ? | ? | |
| Douglasiidae | ? | ? | |
| Gracillariidae | 75 | 2,000 | |
| Roeslerstammiidae | ? | ? | |
| Yponomeutoidea | 83 | 1,578 | |
| Acrolepiidae | ? | ? | |
| Bedelliidae | ? | ? | |
| Glyphipterigidae | ? | 384 | |
| Heliodinidae | ? | ? | |
| Lyonetiidae | ? | ? | |
| Plutellidae | ? | 100 | |
| Yponomeutidae | ? | 600 | |
| Ypsolophidae | ? | ? | |
| Gelechioidea | 1,390 | 15,966 | |
| Agonoxenidae | ? | ? | |
| Batrachedridae | ? | ? | |
| Blastobasidae | ? | ? | |
| Coleophoridae | 43 | 1,418 | |
| Cosmopterigidae | 106 | 1,628 | |
| Elachistidae | 165 | 3,270 | |
| Ethmiidae | ? | ? | |
| Gelechiidae | 507 | 4,530 | |
| Holcopogonidae | ? | ? | |
| Lecithoceridae | ? | ? | |
| Metachandidae | ? | ? | |
| Momphidae | ? | ? | |
| Oecophoridae | ? | ? | |
| Pterolonchidae | ? | ? | |
| Scythrididae | ? | ? | |
| Symmocidae | ? | ? | |
| Galacticoidea | Galacticidae | 3 | 17 |
| Zygaenoidea | 98 | 2,700 | |
| Aididae | ? | ? | |
| Anomoeotidae | ? | ? | |
| Cyclotornidae | 1 | 5 | |
| Dalceridae | ? | ? | |
| Epipyropidae | ? | ? | |
| Heterogynidae | ? | ? | |
| Himantopteridae | ? | ? | |
| Lacturidae | ? | ? | |
| Limacodidae | ? | 1,100 | |
| Megalopygidae | ? | ? | |
| Somabrachyidae | ? | ? | |
| Zygaenidae | ? | ? | |
| Cossoidea | 114 | 676 | |
| Cossidae | 113 | 670 | |
| Dudgeoneidae | 1 | ? | |
| Sesioidea | 149 | 1,360 | |
| Brachodidae | ? | 150 | |
| Castniidae | ? | ? | |
| Sesiidae | 149 | 1,362 | |
| Choreutoidea | Choreutidae | 12 | 405 |
| Tortricoidea | Tortricidae | 755 | 6,338 |
| Urodoidea | Urodidae | 3 | 60 |
| Schreckensteinioidea | Schreckensteiniidae | 2 | 5 |
| Epermenioidea | Epermeniidae | 5 | 83 |
| Alucitoidea | 15 | 158 | |
| Alucitidae | ? | 130 | |
| Tineodidae | ? | ? | |
| Pterophoroidea | Pterophoridae | 73 | 986 |
| Whalleyanoidea | Whalleyanidae | 1 | 2 |
| Immoidea | Immidae | 6 | 246 |
| Copromorphoidea | 29 | 318 | |
| Carposinidae | ? | ? | |
| Copromorphidae | ? | ? | |
| Hyblaeoidea | Hyblaeidae | 2 | 18 |
| Pyraloidea | 215 | 17,786 | |
| Crambidae | ? | 11,630 | |
| Pyralidae | ? | 6,150 | |
| Thyridoidea | Thyrididae | 12 | 1,220 |
| Mimallonoidea | Mimallonidae | 30 | 200 |
| Lasiocampoidea | 158 | 1,575 | |
| Anthelidae | ? | ? | |
| Lasiocampidae | 150 | 1,500 | |
| Bombycoidea | 466 | 3,425 | |
| Bombycidae | ? | ? | |
| Brahmaeidae | ? | ? | |
| Carthaeidae | ? | ? | |
| Endromidae | ? | ? | |
| Eupterotidae | ? | ? | |
| Lemoniidae | ? | ? | |
| Mirinidae | ? | ? | |
| Saturniidae | 165 | 1,480 | |
| Sphingidae | 200 | 1,200 | |
| Axioidea | Axiidae | 2 | 6 |
| Calliduloidea | Callidulidae | 8 | 60 |
| Hedyloidea | Hedylidae | 1 | 40 |
| Hesperioidea | Hesperiidae | 550 | 3,500 |
| Papilionoidea | 1,400 | 14,000 | |
| Lycaenidae | 566 | 4,698 | |
| Nymphalidae | 633 | 5,698 | |
| Papilionidae | 26 | 605 | |
| Pieridae | 74 | 1,051 | |
| Riodinidae | 140 | 1,250 | |
| Drepanoidea | 129 | 675 | |
| Drepanidae | 123 | 665 | |
| Epicopeiidae | ? | ? | |
| Geometroidea | 2,060 | 21,740 | |
| Geometridae | ? | 26,000 | |
| Sematuridae | ? | ? | |
| Uraniidae | 90 | 700 | |
| Noctuoidea | 7,250 | 70,000 | |
| Arctiidae | ? | 11,000 | |
| Doidae | ? | ? | |
| Lymantriidae | 360 | 2,500 | |
| Noctuidae | 4,200 | 35,000 | |
| Nolidae | 308 | 1,400 | |
| Notodontidae | ? | 3,500 | |
| Oenosandridae | ? | ? | |
| Pantheidae | ? | ? |
[edit] 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 3-11-017077-9
