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Macroheterocera

Insecta - Lepidoptera

Taxonomy
Macroheterocera was named by Chapman (1893). It is extant.

It was assigned to Obtectomera by van Nieukerken et al. (2011) and Sohn et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Macroheterocera Chapman
2011Macroheterocera van Nieukerken et al. p. 217
2012Macroheterocera Sohn et al. p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
RankNameAuthor
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
ObtectomeraMinet 1986
Macroheterocera
Macroheterocera

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. Macroheterocera Chapman 1893
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Superfm. Bombycoidea Latreille 1802
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Fm. Saturniidae Boisduval 1837
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Subfm. Saturniinae Boisduval 1837
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Tr. Attacini Blanchard 1840
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G. Attacus Linnaeus 1767
G. Rothschildia Grote 1897
Tr. Bunaeini Packard 1902
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G. Cirina Walker 1855
Invalid names: Agliinae Packard 1893 [empty]
Fm. Sphingidae Latreille 1802
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G. †Mioclanis Zhang et al. 1994
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Mioclanis shanwangiana Zhang et al. 1994
Subfm. Sphinginae Latreille 1802
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Tr. Sphingini Latreille 1802
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G. Sphinx Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Bombycidae Latreille 1802 [empty], Sphingides Latreille 1802 [empty]
Superfm. Geometroidea Leach 1815
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Fm. Geometridae Leach 1815 [geometer moth]
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G. Angerona Duponchel 1829
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Angerona electrina Giebel 1862
Subfm. Desmobathrinae Meyrick 1886
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G. Dolichoneura Warren 1894
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Dolichoneura jorelisae Sarto i Monteys et al. 2022
Subfm. Ennominae
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Tr. Boarmiini Duponchel 1845
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Invalid names: Eogeometer Fischer et al. 2019 [nomen nudum]
G. †Miogeometrida Zhang et al. 2020
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Miogeometrida chunjenshihi Zhang et al. 2020
G. Geometra Linnaeus 1758
G. †Geometridites Kernbach 1967
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Geometridites jordani Kernbach 1967
Geometridites larentiiformis Jarzembowski 1980
Geometridites repens Kernbach 1967
G. Hydriomena Hübner 1825
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Hydriomena protrita Cockerell 1922
Subfm. Larentiinae Duponchel 1845
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G. Helastia Guenee 1868
G. †Phalaenites Heer 1849
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Phalaenites crenatus Heer 1849
Phalaenites obsoleta Heer 1849
Invalid names: Phalaenites proserpinae Heer 1861 [nomen nudum]
G. †Problongos Mérit and Mérit 2008
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Problongos baudiliensis Mérit and Mérit 2008
Superfm. Noctuoidea Latreille 1809
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Fm. Erebidae Leach 1815
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Subfm. Arctiinae Leach 1815
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G. †Arctiites Rebel 1898
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Arctiites deletus Rebel 1898
Subfm. Ctenuchinae Kirby 1837
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G. Ctenucha Kirby 1837
G. †Stauropolia Skalski 1988
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Stauropolia nekrutenkoi Skalski 1988
Tr. Syntomini Herrich-Schaeffer 1846
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G. Charidea Dalman 1816
G. †Oligamatites Kusnezov 1928
Subfm. Catocalinae Boisduval 1828
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G. †Philodarchia Martins-Neto 1998
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Philodarchia cigana Martins-Neto 1998
Invalid names: Lymantriinae Hampson 1893 [empty]
Fm. Noctuidae Latreille 1809
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Subfm. Noctuinae Latreille 1809
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G. Eurois Hübner 1821
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Eurois occulta Linnaeus 1758
G. Noctua Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Plusiinae Boisduval 1828 [empty]
G. †Noctuites Heer 1849
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Noctuites caucasicus Kozlov 1988
Noctuites deperditus Heer 1856
Noctuites effosa Heer 1849
Noctuites gersdorfi Kernbach 1967
Noctuites haidingeri Heer 1849
Noctuites incertissima Oustalet 1870
Noctuites kaspievi Kozlov 1988
Noctuites kozhantshikovi Kozlov 1988
Noctuites kusnezovi Kozlov 1988
Noctuites maximus Kozlov 1988
Noctuites miocenicus Kozhanchikov 1957
Noctuites radobojana Handlirsch 1907
Noctuites stavropolicus Kozlov 1988
Invalid names: Xyleutites Kozhanchikov 1957 [synonym]
Fm. Notodontidae Stephens 1829
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G. †Cerurites Kernbach 1967
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Cerurites wagneri Kernbach 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available