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Macroheterocera

Clade of moths From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Macroheterocera are a well supported clade of moths that are closely related to butterflies and macro-moths.[1][2]

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Taxonomy

The Macroheterocera includes the following superfamilies:[1][2]

The macroheteroceran superfamilies were previously place in the Macrolepidoptera, but recent molecular studies have failed to recover the Macrolepidoptera as a monophyletic group.[1][2] The latter grouping also included butterflies (Papilionoidea) and Old World butterfly-moths (Calliduloidea).

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