Zygaenoidea

 The Zygaenoidea comprise the superfamily of moths that includes burnet moths, forester moths, and relatives.

Zygaenoidea
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Six-spot burnetZygaena filipendulae
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Clade:Apoditrysia
Superfamily:Zygaenoidea
Families

See text

Diversity
Over 2,600 species

The families are:

  • Aididae
  • Anomoeotidae
  • Cyclotornidae
  • Dalceridae
  • Epipyropidae
  • Heterogynidae
  • Himantopteridae
  • Lacturidae
  • Limacodidae
  • Megalopygidae
  • Phaudidae
  • Somabrachyidae
  • Zygaenidae

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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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