Taxonomy of the Lepidoptera

This is a taxonomy of the order Lepidoptera down to family level:

uborder Aglossata

*Superfamily Agathiphagoidea
**Family Agathiphagidae

uborder Glossata

Infraorder Heteroneura

Division Ditrysia

ection Cossina

*Subsection Cossina
**Superfamily Castnioidea
***Family Castniidae
**Superfamily Cossoidea
***Series Cossiformes
****Family Cossidae
****Family Dudgeoneidae
***Series Limacodiformes
****Family Cyclotornidae
****Family Epipyropidae
****Family Dalceridae
****Family Limacodidae
**Superfamily Tortricoidea
***Family Tortricidae
*Subsection Bombycina
**Superfamily Bombycoidea
***Family Anthelidae
***Family Bombycidae
***Family Brahmaeidae
***Family Carthaeidae
***Family Endromidae
***Family Eupterotidae
***Family Lasiocampidae
***Family Lemoniidae
***Family Mimallonidae
***Family Mirinidae
***Family Saturniidae
**Superfamily Calliduloidea
***Family Callidulidae
**Superfamily Cimelioidea
***Family Cimeliidae
**Superfamily Drepanoidea
***Family Drepanidae
**Superfamily Geometroidea
***Family Geometridae
***Family Hedylidae
**Superfamily Noctuoidea
***Family Arctiidae
***Family Doidae
***Family Lymantriidae
***Family Noctuidae
***Family Nolidae
***Family Notodontidae
***Family Oenosandridae
***Family Pantheidae
**Superfamily Papilionoidea
***Series Hesperiiformes
****Family Hesperiidae
***Series Papilioniformes
****Family Lycaenidae
****Family Nymphalidae
****Family Papilionidae
****Family Pieridae
****Family Riodinidae
**Superfamily Sphingoidea
***Family Sphingidae
**Superfamily Uranioidea
***Family Epicopeiidae
***Family Sematuridae
***Family Uraniidae

ection Tineina

*Subsection
**Superfamily Sesioidea
***Family Brachodidae
***Family Sesiidae
***Family Urodidae
***Family Choreutidae
**Superfamily Zygaenoidea
***Family Heterogynidae
***Family Zygaenidae
***Family Himantopteridae
***Family Lacturidae
***Family Somabrachyidae
***Family Megalopygidae
***Family Aididae
***Family Anomoeotidae
*Subsection Tineina
**Superfamily Copromorphoidea
***Family Copromorphidae
***Family Alucitidae
***Family Carposinidae
***Family Epermeniidae
**Superfamily Galacticoidea
***Family Galacticidae
**Superfamily Gelechioidea
***Family Agonoxenidae
***Family Batrachedridae
***Family Blastobasidae
***Family Coleophoridae
***Family Cosmopterigidae
***Family Elachistidae
***Family Ethmiidae
***Family Gelechiidae
***Family Holcopogonidae
***Family Lecithoceridae
***Family Metachandidae
***Family Momphidae
***Family Oecophoridae
***Family Pterolonchidae
***Family Scythrididae
***Family Symmocidae
**Superfamily Immoidea
***Family Immidae
**Superfamily Pterophoroidea
***Family Tineodidae
***Family Pterophoridae
**Superfamily Pyraloidea
***Family Hyblaeidae
***Family Thyrididae
***Family Pyralidae
***Family Crambidae
**Superfamily Simaethistoidea
***Family Simaethistidae
**Superfamily Tineoidea
***Series Tineiformes
****Family Acrolophidae
****Family Arrhenophanidae
****Family Eriocottidae
****Family Lypusidae
****Family Psychidae
****Family Tineidae
***Series Gracillariiformes
****Family Bucculatricidae
****Family Douglasiidae
****Family Gracillariidae
****Family Roeslerstammiidae
****Family Schreckensteiniidae
**Superfamily Whalleyanoidea
***Family Whalleyanidae
**Superfamily Yponomeutoidea
***Family Acrolepiidae
***Family Bedelliidae
***Family Glyphipterigidae
***Family Heliodinidae
***Family Lyonetiidae
***Family Plutellidae
***Family Yponomeutidae
***Family Ypsolophidae

Division Monotrysia

ection incertae sedis

*Superfamily Andesianoidea
**Family Andesianidae

ection Nepticulina

*Superfamily Nepticuloidea
**Family Nepticulidae
**Family Opostegidae
*Superfamily Tischerioidea
**Family Tischeriidae
*Superfamily Palaephatoidea
**Family Palaephatidae

ection Incurvariina

*Superfamily Incurvarioidea
**Family Incurvariidae
**Family Cecidosidae
**Family Prodoxidae
**Family Adelidae
**Family Heliozelidae
**Family Crinopterygidae

Infraorder Dacnonypha

*Superfamily Eriocranioidea
**Family Eriocraniidae
**Family Acanthopteroctetidae

Infraorder Lophocoronina

*Superfamily Lophocoronoidea
**Family Lophocoronidae

Infraorder Exoporia

*Superfamily Hepialoidea
**Family Anomosetidae
**Family Hepialidae
**Family Neotheoridae
**Family Palaeosetidae
**Family Prototheoridae
*Superfamily Mnesarchaeoidea
**Family Mnesarchaeidae

Infraorder Neopseustina

*Superfamily Neopseustoidea
**Family Neopseustidae

uborder Heterobathmiina

*Superfamily Heterobathmioidea
*Family Heterobathmiidae

uborder Zeugloptera

*Superfamily Micropterigoidea
**Family Micropterigidae

References

* Scoble, M. J. (1995). "The Lepidoptera, form, function and diversity". London: The Natural history Museum & Oxford University Press.