What is Macrolepidoptera?
{{Taxobox | name = Macrolepidoptera | image = Acronicta.psi.7153.jpg | image_caption = [[Grey dagger]], ''Acronicta psi'' | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Arthropoda]] | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | subordo = [[Glossata]] | infraordo = [[Heteroneura]] | unranked_familia = '''Macrolepidoptera''' | unranked_familia_authority = | subdivision_ranks = [[Superfamily (zoology)|Superfamilies]] | subdivision = See text }} '''Macrolepidoptera''' is a group in the [[insect]] [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Lepidoptera]]. Originally, it was a catch-all informal term like '[[micromoth]]'. However, it is now reformed to make a good [[monophyletic]] group. In the reformed Macrolepidoptera, the following [[superfamilies]] are included: * [[Mimallonoidea]] – sack bearers * [[Lasiocampoidea]] – lappet moths * [[Bombycoidea]] – bombycoid moths * [[Noctuoidea]] – owlet moths * [[Drepanoidea]] – drepanids * [[Geometroidea]] – inchworms * [[Axioidea (Lepidoptera)|Axioidea]] – European gold moths * [[Calliduloidea]] – Old World butterfly-moths * [[Hedyloidea]] – New World butterfly-moths (or moth-butterflies) * [[Hesperioidea]] – skippers * [[Papilionoidea]] – true butterflies The last three make up the [[Rhopalocera]], or [[butterflies]]. [[Category:Lepidoptera]]