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Note: This was the most accepted classification of the order Diptera as of May 2022, but families are sometimes added, combined, renamed, or split up and moved around. In addition, scientists do not always agree. Nonetheless, this should provide a good basis for classifying this large order of insects.
Lepidoptera Classification (extant families)
Infraorder Heteroneura
Superfamily Papilionoidea (all of the butterflies)
◦ Family Hedylidae (American butterfly moths)
◦ Family Hesperiidae (skippers)
◦ Family Lycaenidae (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
◦ Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
◦ Family Papilionidae (swallowtails)
◦ Family Pieridae (whites, yellows and sulphurs)
◦ Family Riodinidae (metalmarks)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
◦ Family Erebidae (erebid moths)
◦ Family Euteliidae (eutelliid moths)
◦ Family Noctuidae (owlet moths)
◦ Family Nolidae (nolid or tuft moths)
◦ Family Notodontidae (prominent moths)
◦ Family Oenosandridae (oenosandrid moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea
◦ Family Epicopeiidae (Oriental swallowtail moths)
◦ Family Geometridae (geometer moths)
◦ Family Pseudobistonidae (pseudobistonid moths)
◦ Family Sematuridae (sematurid moths)
◦ Family Uraniidae (swallowtail moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea
◦ Family Anthelidae (Australian lappet moths)
◦ Family Apatelodidae (American silkworm moths)
◦ Family Bombycidae (silk moths)
◦ Family Brahmaeidae (brahmin moths)
◦ Family Carthaeidae (Australian silkworm moths)
◦ Family Endromidae (endromid or glory moths)
◦ Family Eupterotidae (monkey moths)
◦ Family Phiditiidae (phiditiid moths)
◦ Family Saturniidae (saturniid moths)
◦ Family Sphingidae (hawk moths)
Superfamily Lasiocampoidea
◦ Family Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillar and lappet moths)
Superfamily Calliduloidea
◦ Family Callidulidae (Old World butterfly moths)
Superfamily Drepanoidea
◦ Family Cimeliidae (gold moths, formerly Axiidae)
◦ Family Doidae (doid moths)
◦ Family Drepanidae (hooktip and false owlet moths)
Superfamily Mimallonoidea
◦ Family Mimallonidae (sack-bearer moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea
◦ Family Crambidae (crambid snout and grass moths)
◦ Family Pyralidae (pyralid moths)
Superfamily Hyblaeoidea
◦ Family Hyblaeidae (teak moths)
Superfamily Thyridoidea
◦ Family Thyrididae (window-winged moths)
Superfamily Whalleyanoidea
◦ Family Whalleyanidae (whalleyanid moths, possibly under Calliduloidea)
unassigned superfamily
◦ Family Douglasiidae (douglas moths)
◦ Family Millieriidae (millieriid moths)
◦ Family Prodidactidae (prodidactid moths, possibly under Hyblaeoidea)
Superfamily Zygaenoidea
◦ Family Aididae (aidid moths)
◦ Family Cyclotornidae (Australian parasite moths)
◦ Family Dalceridae (jewel caterpillar moths)
◦ Family Epipyropidae (planthopper parasites)
◦ Family Heterogynidae (heterogynid moths)
◦ Family Himantopteridae (long-tailed burnet moths)
◦ Family Lacturidae (tropical burnet moths)
◦ Family Limacodidae (slug moths or cup moths)
◦ Family Megalopygidae (flannel moths)
◦ Family Phaudidae (phaudid moths)
◦ Family Somabrachyidae (Mediterranean flannel moths)
◦ Family Zygaenidae (leaf skeletonizer moths)
>Superfamily Cossoidea
◦ Family Brachodidae (little bear moths)
◦ Family Castniidae (castniid moths)
◦ Family Cossidae (carpenter and leopard moths)
◦ Family Dudgeoneidae (dudgeoneid moths)
◦ Family Metarbelidae (tropical carpenterworm moths)
◦ Family Ratardidae (Oriental parnassian moths)
◦ Family Sesiidae (clearwing moths)
Superfamily Galacticoidea
◦ Family Galacticidae (galacticid moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea
◦ Family Tortricidae (tortricid moths)
Superfamily Choreutoidea
◦ Family Choreutidae (metalmark moths)
Superfamily Immoidea
◦ Family Immidae (immid moths)
Superfamily Urodoidea
◦ Family Urodidae (false burnet moths)
◦ Family Ustyurtiidae (ustyurtiid moths)
Superfamily Epermenioidea
◦ Family Epermeniidae (fringe-tufted moths)
Superfamily Schreckensteinioidea
◦ Family Schreckensteiniidae (bristle-legged moths)
Superfamily Carposinoidea
◦ Family Carposinidae (fruitworm moths)
◦ Family Copromorphidae (tropical fruitworm moths)
Superfamily Pterophoroidea
◦ Family Pterophoridae (plume moths)
Superfamily Alucitoidea
◦ Family Alucitidae (many-plume moths)
◦ Family Tineodidae (false plume moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea
◦ Family Autostichidae (autostichid moths)
◦ Family Batrachedridae (batrachedrid moths)
◦ Family Blastobasidae (scavenger moths)
◦ Family Chimabachidae (chimabachid moths)
◦ Family Coleophoridae (casebearer moths)
◦ Family Coelopoetidae (usually listed as a subfamily — Coelopoetinae — of Pterolonchidae)
◦ Family Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moths)
◦ Family Depressariidae (depressariid moths)
◦ Family Elachistidae (grass miner moths)
◦ Family Epimarptidae (usually listed as a subfamily — Epimarptinae — of Batrachedridae
◦ Family Gelechiidae (twirler moths)
◦ Family Lecithoceridae (lecithocerid moths)
◦ Family Lypusidae (lypusidae moths)
◦ Family Momphidae (momphid moths)
◦ Family Oecophoridae (concealer moths)
◦ Family Peleopodidae (usually listed as a subfamily — Peleopodinae — of Depressariidae)
◦ Family Pterolonchidae (pterolonchid moths)
◦ Family Schistonoeidae (schistonoeid moths)
◦ Family Scythrididae (flower moths)
◦ Family Stathmopodidae (stathmopodid moths)
◦ Family Syringopaidae (classification uncertain, may actually fall within one of the other Gelechioid families)
◦ Family Xyloryctidae (xyloryctid moths)
Superfamily Simaethistoidea
◦ Family Simaethistidae (simaethistid moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea
◦ Family Argyresthiidae (shiny head-standing moths)
◦ Family Attevidae (tropical ermine moths)
◦ Family Bedelliidae (bedelliid moths)
◦ Family Glyphipterigidae (sedge and false diamondback moths)
◦ Family Plutellidae (diamondback moths)
◦ Family Heliodinidae (sun moths)
◦ Family Lyonetiidae (lyonet moths)
◦ Family Praydidae (false ermine moths)
◦ Family Yponomeutidae (ermine moths)
◦ Family Ypsolophidae (ypsolophid moths)
Superfamily Gracillarioidea
◦ Family Bucculatricidae (ribbed cocoon-maker moths)
◦ Family Gracillariidae (leaf blotch miner moths)
◦ Family Roeslerstammiidae (roeslerstammiid moths, sometimes listed as Amphitheridae)
Superfamily Tineoidea
◦ Family Acrolophidae (usually listed as a subfamily — Acrolophinae — of Tineidae)
◦ Family Arrhenophanidae (arrhenophanid moths)
◦ Family Eriocottidae (Old World spiny-winged moths)
◦ Family Psychidae (bagworm, clothes and tubeworm moths)
◦ Family Tineidae (clothes and fungus moths)
Superfamily Tischerioidea
◦ Family Tischeriidae (trumpet leafminer moths)
Superfamily Nepticuloidea
◦ Family Nepticulidae (pygmy moths/midget moths)
◦ Family Opostegidae (opostegid moths)
Superfamily Andesianoidea
◦ Family Andesianidae
Superfamily Adeloidea
◦ Family Adelidae (fairy longhorn moths)
◦ Family Cecidosidae (cecidosid moths)
◦ Family Heliozelidae (shield bearer moths)
◦ Family Incurvariidae (leafcutter moths)
◦ Family Prodoxidae (yucca moths)
Superfamily Palaephatoidea
◦ Family Palaephatidae (palaephatid moths)
Infraorder Acanthoctesia
Superfamily Acanthopteroctetoidea
◦ Family Acanthopteroctetidae (archaic sun moths)
Infraorder Lophocoronina
Superfamily Lophocoronoidea
◦ Family Lophocoronidae (Lophocoronid moths)
Infraorder Neopseustina
Superfamily Neopseustoidea
◦ Family Aenigmatineidae (aenigmatineid moths)
◦ Family Neopseustidae (archaic bell moths)
Infraorder Exoporia
Superfamily Mnesarchaeoidea
◦ Family Mnesarchaeidae (New Zealand primitive moths)
Superfamily Hepialoidea
◦ Family Anomosetidae (primitive hepialoid moths)
◦ Family Hepialidae (ghost moths)
◦ Family Neotheoridae (Amazonian primitive ghost moths)
◦ Family Palaeosetidae (miniature ghost moths)
◦ Family Prototheoridae (African primitive ghost moths)
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