| Zygaenoidea | |
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| Six-spot burnet, Zygaena filipendulae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Zygaenoidea |
| Families | |
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| Diversity | |
| Over 2,600 species | |
The Zygaenoidea comprise the superfamily of moths that includes burnet moths, forester moths, and relatives.
The families are:
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots, although other families also have 'foresters'. They are also sometimes called smoky moths.
Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial grouping of moth families, commonly known as the "smaller moths". These generally have wingspans of under 20 mm, so are harder to identify by external phenotypic markings than macrolepidoptera. They present some lifestyles that the larger Lepidoptera do not have, but this is not an identifying mark. Some hobbyists further divide this group into separate groups, such as leaf miners or rollers, stem or root borers, and then usually follow the more rigorous scientific taxonomy of lepidopterans. Efforts to stabilize the term have usually proven inadequate.
Cossoidea is the superfamily of moths that includes carpenter moths and relatives. Like their likely sister group Sesioidea they are internal feeders and have spiny pupae with moveable segments to allow them to extrude out of their exit holes in stems and trunks during emergence of the adult.
The Limacodidae or Eucleidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea; the placement is in dispute. They are often called slug moths because their caterpillars bear a distinct resemblance to slugs. They are also called cup moths because of the shape of their cocoons.
The Himantopteridae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea. The family is alternatively included in the family Anomoeotidae as a synonym.
The Lacturidae comprise a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea. Brightly coloured tropical moths, the Lacturidae have been previously placed in the Plutellidae, Yponomeutidae, and Hyponomeutidae.
The Somabrachyidae are a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. Other than Somabrachys aegrota, which also occurs in Spain and on Sicily, the family is Afrotropical.
Barisania is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae.
Barisania honeyi is a species of moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in northern and central Thailand, northern Vietnam and central Burma on altitudes between 320 and 1,650 meters.
Barisania lampra is a species of moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found on Sumatra and Borneo.
Austrapoda is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae.
Euphlyctinides albifusum is a species of moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in India and Nepal.
Atosioides is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae.
Pseudidonauton admirabile is a species of moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia.
Pseudidonauton bhaga is a species of moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found on Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
Pseudidonauton nigribasis is a species of moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in India.
Maliattha blandula is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1862. It is found in Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and the Comoros. It was placed in the genus Maliattha in 2016.
Chrysopolominae is a subfamily of moths in the family Limacodidae. The type genus of this subfamily is Chrysopoloma. Chrysopolominae was originally a family (Chrysopolomidae) under the superfamily Zygaenoidea, consisting of two subfamilies, including about 30 species distributed in Africa, but in other newer documents, this family was downgraded and became It is a subfamily under Limacodidae, which belongs to the superfamily of Zygaenoidea, and the two subfamilies originally under Chrysopolominae were merged to become the synonym of Chrysopolominae called Ectropinae.
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