Macrolepidoptera

Macrolepidoptera is a group in the insect order Lepidoptera. Originally, it was a catch-all informal term like 'micromoth'. However, it is now reformed to make a good monophyletic group.  

In the reformed Macrolepidoptera, the following superfamilies are included:
 Mimallonoidea – sack bearers
 Lasiocampoidea – lappet moths
 Bombycoidea – bombycoid moths
 Noctuoidea – owlet moths
 Drepanoidea – drepanids
 Geometroidea – inchworms
 Axioidea – European gold moths
 Calliduloidea – Old World butterfly-moths
 Hedyloidea – New World butterfly-moths (or moth-butterflies)
 Hesperioidea – skippers
 Papilionoidea – true butterflies

The last three make up the Rhopalocera, or butterflies.

Category:Lepidoptera