List of Superfamilies of butterflies and moths in Australia

Adults of Superfamilies of Australian Lepidoptera

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

ADELOIDEA	ADELIDAE HELIOZELIDAE INCURVARIIDAE
AGATHIPHAGOIDEA	AGATHIPHAGIDAE
ALUCITOIDEA	ALUCITIDAE TINEODIDAE
BOMBYCOIDEA	ANTHELIDAE BOMBYCIDAE CARTHAEIDAE EUPTEROTIDAE LASIOCAMPIDAE SATURNIIDAE SPHINGIDAE
COPROMORPHOIDEA	CARPOSINIDAE COPROMORPHIDAE
COSSOIDEA	COSSIDAE DUDGEONEIDAE
DREPANOIDEA	DREPANIDAE
EPERMENIOIDEA	EPERMENIIDAE
GALACTICOIDEA	GALACTICIDAE
GELECHIOIDEA	AGONOXENIDAE BATRACHEDRIDAE BLASTOBASIDAE BLASTODACNIDAE COLEOPHORIDAE COSMOPTERIGIDAE DEPRESSARIIDAE ELACHISTIDAE ETHMIIDAE GELECHIIDAE HYPERTROPHIDAE LECITHOCERIDAE OECOPHORIDAE SCYTHRIDIDAE STATHMOPODIDAE SYMMOCIDAE XYLORYCTIDAE
GEOMETROIDEA	GEOMETRIDAE URANIIDAE
GRACILLARIOIDEA	BUCCULATRICIDAE GRACILLARIIDAE
HEPIALOIDEA	ANOMOSETIDAE HEPIALIDAE
HESPERIOIDEA	HESPERIIDAE
IMMOIDEA	IMMIDAE
LOPHOCORONOIDEA	LOPHOCORONIDAE
MICROPTERIGOIDEA	MICROPTERIGIDAE
NEPTICULOIDEA	NEPTICULIDAE OPOSTEGIDAE
NOCTUOIDEA	EREBIDAE EUTELIIDAE NOCTUIDAE NOLIDAE NOTODONTIDAE OENOSANDRIDAE
PALAEPHATOIDEA	PALAEPHATIDAE
PAPILIONOIDEA	LYCAENIDAE NYMPHALIDAE PAPILIONIDAE PIERIDAE
PTEROPHORIOIDEA	MACROPIRATIDAE PTEROPHORIDAE
PYRALOIDEA	CRAMBIDAE HYBLAEIDAE PYRALIDAE
SESIOIDEA	BRACHODIDAE CASTNIIDAE CHOREUTIDAE SESIIDAE
THYRIDOIDEA	SIMAETHISTIDAE THYRIDIDAE
TINEOIDEA	ARRHENOPHANIDAE ERIOCOTTIDAE PSYCHIDAE ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE TINEIDAE
TORTRICOIDEA	HELIOCOSMA group TORTRICIDAE
YPONOMEUTOIDEA	ARGYRESTHIIDAE GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE HELIODINIDAE LYONETIIDAE PLUTELLIDAE YPONOMEUTIDAE
ZYGAENOIDEA	CYCLOTORNIDAE EPIPYROPIDAE LACTURIDAE LIMACODIDAE ZYGAENIDAE

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(written 26 December 2013, revised 21 December 2024)