Noctuoidea
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Noctuoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – owl moths and related moths.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Erebidae, Micronoctuidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Oenosandridae, Scranciidae – families
- Aganaidae, Arctiidae (now Arctiinae), Doidae, Lymantriidae, Pantheidae – groups formerly treated as families in Noctuoidea
References
- Noctuoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Noctuoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Noctuoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons