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: 643.
Heteroneura (Infraorder) Tillyard, 1918	Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
Macrolepidoptera ([unranked])	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 745.

Historical positions

Macroheterocera ([unranked]) Chapman, 1893	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2011: 217.
Lepidoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A. Zwick et al., 2011: fig. 1. [rough position]
Macrolepidoptera ([unranked])	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 745, fig. 4.
Bombycina (Subsection)	Ref: J.B. Heppner, 1998b: 59.
Ditrysia (Suborder) Börner, 1925	Ref: E.G. Munroe, 1982: 643.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10f;473g;171s;65ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 May 2013	[10f;473g]
2011	E.J. van Nieukerken et al.: 217	10f
2007	N.P. Kristensen et al.: 745	[9f]
2002-present	B. Pitkin & P. Jenkins: 27 Jan 2013	[9f]
1998b	J.B. Heppner	[13f]
1998b	J.B. Heppner: 59	[13f]
1982	E.G. Munroe	13f