Zygaenoidea
Six-spot Burnet, Zygaena filipendulae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera (unranked) Apoditrysia Superfamily: Zygaenoidea
Diversity
Over 2,600 species
Families
see text

Zygaenoidea is the superfamily of moths that includes burnet moths, forester moths, and relatives. The Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae is a day-flying Moth of the family Zygaenidae. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of Insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and Moths This is a list of the Diversity of the Lepidoptera showing the estimated number of genera and species described for each superfamily and where available family In Biological classification, family ( Latin Taxonomic rank ( rank, category, taxonomic category is an abstract term used in the Scientific classification, or Taxonomy, of organisms A moth is an Insect closely related to the Butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera.

The families are:

• Aididae
• Anomoeotidae
• Cyclotornidae
• Dalceridae
• Epipyropidae
• Heterogynidae
• Himantopteridae
• Lacturidae
• Limacodidae
• Megalopygidae
• Phaudidae
• Somabrachyidae
• Zygaenidae

Sources

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
• Tree of Life: Zygaenoidea

Aididae is a family of Moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea Anomoeotidae is a family of Moths in the Lepidoptera order Genera Akesina Anomoeotes Cyclotorna is a Genus of Moths the sole one of family Cyclotornidae, with five recognized species Dalceridae is a small family of Moths with 84 known species They are mostly found in the Neotropical region with a few reaching the far south of the Nearctic Epipyropidae is a small family of Insects in the Lepidoptera order Heterogynidae is a family of Insects in the Lepidoptera order Himantopteridae is a family of Insects in the Lepidoptera order Lacturidae is a family of Insects in the Lepidoptera orderBrighly coloured tropical moths Lacturidae have been previously placed in Plutellidae Yponomeutidae Limacodidae or Euclidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea (Scoble 1992 the placement is in dispute Megalopygidae is the technical name of a group of insect species known generally as crinkled flannel moths or simply Flannel Moths. Phaudidae is a family of Insects in the Lepidoptera order Somabrachyidae is a family of Moth in the order Lepidoptera. The Zygaenidae are a family of Lepidoptera ( Moths typically day-flying with a slow fluttering flight and with rather clubbed antennae They generally

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