Macroheterocera
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| Macroheterocera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Clade: | Obtectomera |
| Clade: | Macroheterocera Chapman, 1893 |
The Macroheterocera are a well supported clade[citation needed] of moths that are closely related to butterflies and macro-moths.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The Macroheterocera includes the following superfamilies:[1][2]
- Mimallonoidea – sack bearers (variously included in basal position[2] or excluded[1])
- Drepanoidea – drepanids
- Noctuoidea – owlet moths
- Geometroidea – inchworms
- Lasiocampoidea – lappet moths
- Bombycoidea – bombycoid moths
The macroheteroceran superfamilies were previously place in the Macrolepidoptera, but recent molecular studies have failed to recover the Macrolepidoptera as a monophyletic group.[1][2] The latter grouping also included butterflies (Papilionoidea) and Old World butterfly-moths (Calliduloidea).
References
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