Lepidopteran diversity

180,000 species of Lepidoptera are described, equivalent to 10% of the total described species of living organisms.[1] 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.

SuperfamilyFamilyGeneraSpecies
MicropterigiodeaMicropterigidae6182
AgathiphagoideaAgathiphagidae12
HeterobathmioideaHeterobathmiidae19
EriocranioideaEriocraniidae624
AcanthopteroctedoideaAcanthopteroctetidae25
LophocoronoideaLophocoronidae16
NeopseustoideaNeopseustidae310
MnesarchaeoideaMnesarchaeidae114
Hepialoidea 61544
 Anomosetidae11
 Hepialidae50500
 Neotheoridae11
 Palaeosetidae47
 Prototheoridae
Nepticuloidea 17902
 Nepticulidae
 Opostegidae
Incurvarioidea 72598
 Adelidae
 Cecidosidae
 Crinopterygidae
 Heliozelidae
 Incurvariidae
 Prodoxidae1280
PalaephatoideaPalaephatidae760
TischerioideaTischeriidae180
SimaethistoideaSimaethistidae24
Tineoidea 4064,352
 Acrolophidae 300
 Arrhenophanidae
 Eriocottidae
 Lypusidae
 Psychidae
 Tineidae3203,000
Gracillarioidea 902,315
 Bucculatricidae
 Douglasiidae
 Gracillariidae752,000
 Roeslerstammiidae
Yponomeutoidea 831,578
 Acrolepiidae
 Bedelliidae
 Glyphipterigidae 384
 Heliodinidae
 Lyonetiidae
 Plutellidae 100
 Yponomeutidae 600
 Ypsolophidae
Gelechioidea 1,39015,966
 Agonoxenidae
 Batrachedridae
 Blastobasidae
 Coleophoridae431,418
 Cosmopterigidae1061,628
 Elachistidae1653,270
 Ethmiidae
 Gelechiidae5074,530
 Holcopogonidae
 Lecithoceridae
 Metachandidae
 Momphidae
 Oecophoridae
 Pterolonchidae
 Scythrididae
 Symmocidae
GalacticoideaGalacticidae317
Zygaenoidea 982,700
 Aididae
 Anomoeotidae
 Cyclotornidae15
 Dalceridae
 Epipyropidae
 Heterogynidae
 Himantopteridae
 Lacturidae
 Limacodidae 1,100
 Megalopygidae
 Somabrachyidae
 Zygaenidae
Cossoidea 114676
 Cossidae113670
 Dudgeoneidae1
Sesioidea 1491,360
 Brachodidae 150
 Castniidae
 Sesiidae1491,362
ChoreutoideaChoreutidae12405
TortricoideaTortricidae7556,338
UrodoideaUrodidae360
SchreckensteinioideaSchreckensteiniidae25
EpermenioideaEpermeniidae583
Alucitoidea 15158
 Alucitidae 130
 Tineodidae
PterophoroideaPterophoridae73986
WhalleyanoideaWhalleyanidae12
ImmoideaImmidae6246
Copromorphoidea 29318
 Carposinidae
 Copromorphidae
HyblaeoideaHyblaeidae218
Pyraloidea 21517,786
 Crambidae 11,630
 Pyralidae 6,150
ThyridoideaThyrididae121,220
MimallonoideaMimallonidae30200
Lasiocampoidea 1581,575
 Anthelidae
 Lasiocampidae1501,500
Bombycoidea 4663,425
 Bombycidae
 Brahmaeidae
 Carthaeidae
 Endromidae
 Eupterotidae
 Lemoniidae
 Mirinidae
 Saturniidae1651,480
 Sphingidae2001,200
CimelioideaCimeliidae26
CalliduloideaCallidulidae860
HedyloideaHedylidae140
HesperioideaHesperiidae5503,500
Papilionoidea 1,40014,000
 Lycaenidae5664,698
 Nymphalidae6335,698
 Papilionidae26605
 Pieridae741,051
 Riodinidae1401,250
Drepanoidea 129675
 Drepanidae123665
 Epicopeiidae
Geometroidea 2,06021,740
 Geometridae 26,000
 Sematuridae
 Uraniidae90700
Noctuoidea 7,25070,000
 Arctiidae 11,000
 Doidae
 Lymantriidae3602,500
 Noctuidae4,20035,000
 Nolidae3081,400
 Notodontidae 3,500
 Oenosandridae
 Pantheidae

References

  1. "Lepidoptera Taxome Project". Lepidoptera Taxome Project. Retrieved 2015-02-25.