Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Apoditrysia
butterflies and most moths
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 		Clade 551 subtaxa 5,239 images 211 ident. refs
GELECHIOIDEA
a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths
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 		Superfamily 61 subtaxa 522 images 37 ident. refs
GRACILLARIOIDEA
a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths
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 		Superfamily 17 subtaxa 115 images 17 ident. refs
TINEOIDEA
bagworm and tineid micro-moths
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 		Superfamily 8 subtaxa 90 images 5 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1985 Cossidae to Helionidinidae (vol 2) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 2, 460pp, Harley Books

Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 958 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
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