This is a list of the Diversity of the Lepidoptera showing the estimated number of genera and species described for each superfamily and, where available, family. See Lepidoptera for a note of the schedule of families used.

Superfamily	Family	Genera	Species
Micropterigiodea	Micropterigidae	6	182
Agathiphagoidea	Agathiphagidae	1	2
Heterobathmioidea	Heterobathmiidae	1	9
Eriocranioidea	Eriocraniidae	6	24
Acanthopteroctedoidea	Acanthopteroctetidae	2	5
Lophocoronoidea	Lophocoronidae	1	6
Neopseustoidea	Neopseustidae	3	10
Mnesarchaeoidea	Mnesarchaeidae	1	14
Hepialoidea		61	544
	Anomosetidae	?	?
	Hepialidae	50	500
	Neotheoridae	?	?
	Palaeosetidae	?	?
	Prototheoridae	?	?
Nepticuloidea		17	902
	Nepticulidae	?	?
	Opostegidae	?	?
Incurvarioidea		72	598
	Adelidae	?	?
	Cecidosidae	?	?
	Crinopterygidae	?	?
	Heliozelidae	?	?
	Incurvariidae	?	?
	Prodoxidae	12	80
Palaephatoidea	Palaephatidae	7	60
Tischerioidea	Tischeriidae	1	80
Simaethistoidea	Simaethistidae	2	4
Tineoidea		406	4,352
	Acrolophidae	?	300
	Arrhenophanidae	?	?
	Eriocottidae	?	?
	Lypusidae	?	?
	Psychidae	?	?
	Tineidae	320	3,000
Gracillarioidea		90	2,315
	Bucculatricidae	?	?
	Douglasiidae	?	?
	Gracillariidae	75	2,000
	Roeslerstammiidae	?	?
Yponomeutoidea		83	1,578
	Acrolepiidae	?	?
	Bedelliidae	?	?
	Glyphipterigidae	?	384
	Heliodinidae	?	?
	Lyonetiidae	?	?
	Plutellidae	?	100
	Yponomeutidae	?	600
	Ypsolophidae	?	?
Gelechioidea		1,390	15,966
	Agonoxenidae	?	?
	Batrachedridae	?	?
	Blastobasidae	?	?
	Coleophoridae	43	1,418
	Cosmopterigidae	106	1,628
	Elachistidae	165	3,270
	Ethmiidae	?	?
	Gelechiidae	507	4,530
	Holcopogonidae	?	?
	Lecithoceridae	?	?
	Metachandidae	?	?
	Momphidae	?	?
	Oecophoridae	?	?
	Pterolonchidae	?	?
	Scythrididae	?	?
	Symmocidae	?	?
Galacticoidea	Galacticidae	3	17
Zygaenoidea		98	2,700
	Aididae	?	?
	Anomoeotidae	?	?
	Cyclotornidae	1	5
	Dalceridae	?	?
	Epipyropidae	?	?
	Heterogynidae	?	?
	Himantopteridae	?	?
	Lacturidae	?	?
	Limacodidae	?	1,100
	Megalopygidae	?	?
	Somabrachyidae	?	?
	Zygaenidae	?	?
Cossoidea		114	676
	Cossidae	113	670
	Dudgeoneidae	1	?
Sesioidea		149	1,360
	Brachodidae	?	150
	Castniidae	?	?
	Sesiidae	149	1,362
Choreutoidea	Choreutidae	12	405
Tortricoidea	Tortricidae	755	6,338
Urodoidea	Urodidae	3	60
Schreckensteinioidea	Schreckensteiniidae	2	5
Epermenioidea	Epermeniidae	5	83
Alucitoidea		15	158
	Alucitidae	?	130
	Tineodidae	?	?
Pterophoroidea	Pterophoridae	73	986
Whalleyanoidea	Whalleyanidae	1	2
Immoidea	Immidae	6	246
Copromorphoidea		29	318
	Carposinidae	?	?
	Copromorphidae	?	?
Hyblaeoidea	Hyblaeidae	2	18
Pyraloidea		215	17,786
	Crambidae	?	11,630
	Pyralidae	?	6,150
Thyridoidea	Thyrididae	12	1,220
Mimallonoidea	Mimallonidae	30	200
Lasiocampoidea		158	1,575
	Anthelidae	?	?
	Lasiocampidae	150	1,500
Bombycoidea		466	3,425
	Bombycidae	?	?
	Brahmaeidae	?	?
	Carthaeidae	?	?
	Endromidae	?	?
	Eupterotidae	?	?
	Lemoniidae	?	?
	Mirinidae	?	?
	Saturniidae	165	1,480
	Sphingidae	200	1,200
Cimelioidea	Cimeliidae	2	6
Calliduloidea	Callidulidae	8	60
Hedyloidea	Hedylidae	1	40
Hesperioidea	Hesperiidae	550	3,500
Papilionoidea		1,400	14,000
	Lycaenidae	566	4,698
	Nymphalidae	633	5,698
	Papilionidae	26	605
	Pieridae	74	1,051
	Riodinidae	140	1,250
Drepanoidea		129	675
	Drepanidae	123	665
	Epicopeiidae	?	?
Geometroidea		2,060	21,740
	Geometridae	?	26,000
	Sematuridae	?	?
	Uraniidae	90	700
Noctuoidea		7,250	70,000
	Arctiidae	?	11,000
	Doidae	?	?
	Lymantriidae	360	2,500
	Noctuidae	4,200	35,000
	Nolidae	308	1,400
	Notodontidae	?	3,500
	Oenosandridae	?	?
	Pantheidae	?	?

[edit] References

• Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). 1999. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York. ISBN 3-11-017077-9