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 |
24 |
| Acanthopteroctedoidea |
Acanthopteroctetidae |
2 |
5 |
| Lophocoronoidea |
Lophocoronidae |
1 |
6 |
| Neopseustoidea |
Neopseustidae |
3 |
10 |
| Mnesarchaeoidea |
Mnesarchaeidae |
1 |
14 |
| Hepialoidea |
|
61 |
544 |
| |
Anomosetidae |
1 |
1 |
| |
Hepialidae |
50 |
500 |
| |
Neotheoridae |
1 |
1 |
| |
Palaeosetidae |
4 |
7 |
| |
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 |
| 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 |
| |
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 |
|
|
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- 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
