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. 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.

SuperfamilyFamilyGeneraSpeciesMicropterigiodeaMicropterigidae6182AgathiphagoideaAgathiphagidae12HeterobathmioideaHeterobathmiidae19EriocranioideaEriocraniidae625AcanthopteroctedoideaAcanthopteroctetidae25LophocoronoideaLophocoronidae16NeopseustoideaNeopseustidae310MnesarchaeoideaMnesarchaeidae114Hepialoidea 68630 Anomosetidae11 Hepialidae61606 Neotheoridae11 Palaeosetidae47 Prototheoridae115Nepticuloidea 291,076 Nepticulidae22862 Opostegidae7214Adeloidea 72598 Adelidae  Cecidosidae  Heliozelidae  Incurvariidae  Prodoxidae1280PalaephatoideaPalaephatidae760TischerioideaTischeriidae5110SimaethistoideaSimaethistidae24Tineoidea 4064,352 Acrolophidae 300 Arrhenophanidae526 Eriocottidae  Lypusidae  Psychidae  Tineidae3203,000Gracillarioidea 902,315 Bucculatricidae  Douglasiidae  Gracillariidae752,000 Roeslerstammiidae Yponomeutoidea 831,578 Acrolepiidae  Bedelliidae  Glyphipterigidae 384 Heliodinidae  Lyonetiidae  Plutellidae 100 Yponomeutidae 600 Ypsolophidae Gelechioidea 1,39015,966 Agonoxenidae  Batrachedridae  Blastobasidae  Coleophoridae431,418 Cosmopterigidae1061,628 Elachistidae1653,270 Ethmiidae  Gelechiidae5074,530 Holcopogonidae  Lecithoceridae  Metachandidae  Momphidae  Oecophoridae  Pterolonchidae  Scythrididae   Symmocidae  GalacticoideaGalacticidae317Zygaenoidea 982,700 Aididae  Anomoeotidae  Cyclotornidae15 Dalceridae  Epipyropidae  Heterogynidae  Himantopteridae  Lacturidae  Limacodidae 1,100 Megalopygidae  Somabrachyidae  Zygaenidae Cossoidea 114676 Cossidae113670 Dudgeoneidae1Sesioidea 1491,360 Brachodidae 150 Castniidae  Sesiidae1491,362ChoreutoideaChoreutidae12405TortricoideaTortricidae7556,338Urodoidea462 Urodidae360 Ustyurtiidae1 2SchreckensteinioideaSchreckensteiniidae412EpermenioideaEpermeniidae583Alucitoidea 15158 Alucitidae 130 Tineodidae PterophoroideaPterophoridae73986WhalleyanoideaWhalleyanidae12ImmoideaImmidae6246Copromorphoidea 29318 Carposinidae  Copromorphidae HyblaeoideaHyblaeidae218Pyraloidea 2,09215,576 Crambidae1,01510,094 Pyralidae1,0775,900ThyridoideaThyrididae121,220MimallonoideaMimallonidae41291Lasiocampoidea 1581,575 Anthelidae  Lasiocampidae1501,500Bombycoidea 4663,425 Bombycidae  Brahmaeidae  Carthaeidae  Endromidae  Eupterotidae  Lemoniidae  Mirinidae  Saturniidae1651,480 Sphingidae2001,200CimelioideaCimeliidae26CalliduloideaCallidulidae860HedyloideaHedylidae140HesperioideaHesperiidae5503,500Papilionoidea 1,40014,000 Lycaenidae5664,698 Nymphalidae6335,698 Papilionidae26605 Pieridae741,051 Riodinidae1401,250Drepanoidea 129675 Drepanidae123665Geometroidea 2,10723,748 Epicopeiidae920 Geometridae2,00223,002 Sematuridae640 Uraniidae90686Noctuoidea 7,25070,000 Arctiidae 11,000 Doidae  Erebidae1,76024,569 Euteliidae29520 Lymantriidae3602,500 Noctuidae1,08911,772  Nolidae1861,738 Notodontidae7043,800 Oenosandridae48 Pantheidae 

References

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. 

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