NOCTUOIDEA
(shuttle moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
EREBIDAE
a family of moths
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 		Family 39 subtaxa 621 images 12 ident. refs
NOCTUIDAE
shuttle moths
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 		Family 160 subtaxa 1,433 images 76 ident. refs
NOLIDAE
short-cloaked and black arches moths
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 		Family 5 subtaxa 63 images 2 ident. refs
NOTODONTIDAE
prominents, processionaries, puss moth and kittens
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 		Family 19 subtaxa 281 images 5 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
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)

NOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 447 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
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