Macroheterocera
The Macroheterocera are well supported clade of moths that are closely related to butterflies and other macro-moths.Taxonomy
The Macroheterocera includes the following superfamilies:
The macroheteroceran superfamilies were previously place in the Macrolepidoptera, but recent molecular studies have failed to recover the Macrolepidoptera as a monophyletic group. The latter grouping also included true butterflies, New World butterfly-moths, Old World butterfly-moths, and European gold moths.
