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Superfamily Noctuoidea

Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Arthropoda > Class: Insecta > Order: Lepidoptera > Superfamily: Noctuoidea

These are the owlet moths, or night owls, tigers, ermines, footmen and allies. According to the LepIndex, this superfamily now only includes 6 families with over 65,000 described species.

  1. Erebidae
    1. Subfamily Aganainae
    2. Subfamily Anobinae
    3. Subfamily Arctiinae
    4. Subfamily Aventiinae
    5. Subfamily Boletobiinae
    6. Subfamily Calpinae
    7. Subfamily Erebinae
    8. Subfamily Eulepidotinae
    9. Subfamily Herminiinae
    10. Subfamily Hypeninae
    11. Subfamily Hypenodinae
    12. Subfamily Lymantriinae
    13. Subfamily Pangraptinae
    14. Subfamily Pantheinae
    15. Subfamily Rivulinae
    16. Subfamily Scolecocampinae
    17. Subfamily Strepsimaninae
    18. Subfamily Toxocampinae
  2. Euteliidae
    1. Subfamily Euteliinae
    2. Subfamily Stictopterinae
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    1. Subfamily Acontiinae
    2. Subfamily Acontinnae
    3. Subfamily Acronictinae
    4. Subfamily Aediinae
    5. Subfamily Agaristinae
    6. Subfamily Amphipyrinae
    7. Subfamily Bagisarinae
    8. Subfamily Bryophilinae
    9. Subfamily Chloephorinae
    10. Subfamily Condicinae
    11. Subfamily Cuculliinae
    12. Subfamily Dilobinae
    13. Subfamily Eriopinae
    14. Subfamily Eublemminae
    15. Subfamily Eustrotiinae
    16. Subfamily Heliothinae
    17. Subfamily Noctuinae
    18. Subfamily Pantheinae
    19. Subfamily Plusiinae
    20. Subfamily Sarrothripinae
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    1. Subfamily Afridinae
    2. Subfamily Bleninae
    3. Subfamily Chloephorinae
    4. Subfamily Collomeninae
    5. Subfamily Eariadinae
    6. Subfamily Eligminae
    7. Subfamily Nolinae
    8. Subfamily Risobinae
    9. Subfamily Westermanniinae
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    1. Subfamily Biretinae
    2. Subfamily Ceirinae
    3. Subfamily Cerurinae
    4. Subfamily Dicranurinae
    5. Subfamily Dioptinae
    6. Subfamily Dudusiinae
    7. Subfamily Heterocampinae
    8. Subfamily Notodontinae
    9. Subfamily Nystaleinae
    10. Subfamily Phalerinae
    11. Subfamily Platychasmatinae
    12. Subfamily Ptilodontinae
    13. Subfamily Pygaerinae
    14. Subfamily Scranciinae
    15. Subfamily Sranciinae
    16. Subfamily Thaumetopoeinae
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# Sometimes treated as a subfamily of Notodontidae

Family Erebidae (tigers, ermines, footmen and allies)

This used to be a subfamily of Noctuidae but has been elevated to be a family in it’s own right and includes many other former Noctuidae subfamilies.  It includes a wide variety of well-known macromoths including underwings, litter moths, tiger, lichen and

  1. Subfamily Arctiinae (tiger, lichen, and wasp moths)
    1. Histioea cepheus
    2. Tyria jacobaeae, cinnabar
  2. Subfamily Erebinae (erebine moths)
    1. Euclidia glyphica, burnet companion
  3. Subfamily Lymantriinae (tussock moths)
    1. Calliteara pudibunda, pale tussock (caterpillar)
    2. Orgyia antiqua, vapourer (caterpillar)

Family Notodontidae (prominent moths)

  1. Subfamily Phalerinae
    1. Phalera bucephala, buff-tip

Family Noctuidae (owlet moths)

  1. Subfamily Acronictinae
    1. Acronicta psi, grey dagger (caterpillar)
    2. Acronicta rumicis, knot grass (caterpillar )
  2. Subfamily Cuculliinae
    1. Cucullia verbasci, mullein (caterpillar)
  3. Subfamily Hadeninae
    1. Cerapteryx graminis, antler