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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Short description|Clade of macro-moths and butterflies}}&#039;&#039;&#039;Obtectomera&#039;&#039;&#039; is a clade of moths and butterflies comprising over 100,000 species in at least 12 superfamilies.&lt;ref name=&quot;vanNieukerken2011&quot;&gt;{{cite journal |last=van Nieukerken |first=Erik J. |title=Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3148 |pages=212–221 |year=2011 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.41}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;MitterDavis2017&quot;&gt;{{cite journal |last=Mitter |first=Charles |last2=Davis...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Clade of macro-moths and butterflies}}&#039;&#039;&#039;Obtectomera&#039;&#039;&#039; is a clade of moths and butterflies comprising over 100,000 species in at least 12 superfamilies.&lt;ref name=&quot;vanNieukerken2011&quot;&gt;{{cite journal |last=van Nieukerken |first=Erik J. |title=Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3148 |pages=212–221 |year=2011 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.41}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;MitterDavis2017&quot;&gt;{{cite journal |last=Mitter |first=Charles |last2=Davis |first2=Donald R. |last3=Cummings |first3=Michael P. |title=Phylogeny and Evolution of Lepidoptera |journal=Annual Review of Entomology |volume=62 |pages=265–283 |year=2017 |doi=10.1146/annurev-ento-031616-035125}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> [[File:Pyrausta.purpuralis.7557.jpg|thumb|&#039;&#039;Pyrausta purpuralis&#039;&#039;]]<br /> The clade was initially defined by characteristics of the pupal stage. Its definition was later expanded to include a feature of the adult pulvillus.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal |last=Minet |first=Joel |title=Tentative reconstruction of the ditrysian phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Glossata) |journal=Insect Systematics &amp; Evolution |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=74 |year=1991}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Taxonomy ==<br /> <br /> The following superfamilies are included in Obtectomera:&lt;ref name=&quot;vanNieukerken2011&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> * [[Whalleyanoidea]]<br /> * [[Thyridoidea]] – picture-winged leaf moths<br /> * [[Hyblaeoidea]] – teak moths<br /> * [[Calliduloidea]] – Old World butterfly-moths<br /> * [[Papilionoidea]] – true butterflies<br /> * [[Pyraloidea]] – pyraloid moths<br /> * [[Mimallonoidea]] – sack-bearer moths<br /> * [[Macroheterocera]]<br /> ** [[Drepanoidea]]<br /> ** [[Noctuoidea]]<br /> ** [[Geometroidea]]<br /> ** [[Lasiocampoidea]]<br /> ** [[Bombycoidea]]<br /> <br /> Other superfamilies are sometimes included, including [[Pterophoroidea]], [[Alucitoidea]], [[Copromorphoidea]], [[Epermenioidea]] and [[Gelechioidea]].&lt;ref name=&quot;MitterDavis2017&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> Earlier classifications placed macroheteroceran superfamilies within [[Macrolepidoptera]]. However, molecular studies have not consistently supported Macrolepidoptera as a monophyletic group.&lt;ref name=&quot;vanNieukerken2011&quot;/&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;MitterDavis2017&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}</div>

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