Lepidopteran diversity
There are over 180,000 species of Lepidoptera that are described. Over 10% of species that are described living organisms are described are Lepidoptera.[1] This is a list of the diversity of the Lepidoptera showing the number of genera and species described for each superfamily. It also shows the family.
| 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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