Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Lepidoptera

Current position

Macroheterocera ([unranked]) Chapman, 1893

Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2011: 217.

Alternative positions

Bombycina (Subsection)	Ref: J.B. Heppner, 1998b
Ditrysia (Suborder) Börner, 1925	Ref: E.G. Munroe, 1982: 640.
Heteroneura (Infraorder) Tillyard, 1918	Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
Macrolepidoptera ([unranked])	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 746.

Historical positions

Macroheterocera ([unranked]) Chapman, 1893	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2011: 217.
Macrolepidoptera ([unranked])	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 746, fig. 4.
Bombycina (Subsection)	Ref: J.B. Heppner, 1998b: 59.
Ditrysia (Suborder) Börner, 1925	Ref: E.G. Munroe, 1982: 640-641.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4f;2018g;293s;45ss;1v; ‡3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 3 Apr 2013	[4f;2018g]
2011	E.J. van Nieukerken et al.: 217	4f
2007	N.P. Kristensen et al.: 746	[3f]
2002-present	B. Pitkin & P. Jenkins: 27 Jan 2013	[3f]
1998b	J.B. Heppner	[2f]
1998b	J.B. Heppner: 59	[2f]
1982	E.G. Munroe	7f