Noctuoidea
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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 formerl treated as families in Noctuoidea
References
Noctuoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Noctuoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Noctuoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
