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.

Superfamily	Family	Genera	Species
Micropterigiodea	Micropterigidae	6	182
Agathiphagoidea	Agathiphagidae	1	2
Heterobathmioidea	Heterobathmiidae	1	9
Eriocranioidea	Eriocraniidae	6	25
Acanthopteroctedoidea	Acanthopteroctetidae	2	5
Lophocoronoidea	Lophocoronidae	1	6
Neopseustoidea	Neopseustidae	3	10
Mnesarchaeoidea	Mnesarchaeidae	1	14
Hepialoidea		68	630
	Anomosetidae	1	1
	Hepialidae	61	606
	Neotheoridae	1	1
	Palaeosetidae	4	7
	Prototheoridae	1	15
Nepticuloidea		29	1,076
	Nepticulidae	22	862
	Opostegidae	7	214
Adeloidea		72	598
	Adelidae
	Cecidosidae
	Heliozelidae
	Incurvariidae
	Prodoxidae	12	80
Palaephatoidea	Palaephatidae	7	60
Tischerioidea	Tischeriidae	5	110
Simaethistoidea	Simaethistidae	2	4
Tineoidea		406	4,352
	Acrolophidae		300
	Arrhenophanidae	5	26
	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		4	62
	Urodidae	3	60
	Ustyurtiidae	1	2 [2]
Schreckensteinioidea	Schreckensteiniidae	4	12
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 [3]		2,092	15,576
	Crambidae	1,015	10,094
	Pyralidae	1,077	5,900
Thyridoidea	Thyrididae	12	1,220
Mimallonoidea	Mimallonidae [4]	41	291
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
Cimelioidea	Cimeliidae	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
Geometroidea		2,107	23,748 [5]
	Epicopeiidae	9	20
	Geometridae	2,002	23,002
	Sematuridae	6	40
	Uraniidae	90	686
Noctuoidea		7,250	70,000
	Arctiidae		11,000
	Doidae
	Erebidae	1,760	24,569 [5]
	Euteliidae	29	520 [5]
	Lymantriidae	360	2,500
	Noctuidae	1,089	11,772 [5]
	Nolidae	186	1,738 [5]
	Notodontidae	704	3,800 [5]
	Oenosandridae	4	8 [5]
	Pantheidae

References

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