Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Apoditrysia
butterflies and most moths
Clade 391 subtaxa 849 trophisms 260 references
GELECHIOIDEA
a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths
Superfamily 35 subtaxa 56 trophisms 38 references
GRACILLARIOIDEA
a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths
Superfamily 9 subtaxa 43 trophisms 20 references
TINEOIDEA
bagworm and tineid micro-moths
Superfamily 10 subtaxa 10 trophisms 9 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1985 Cossidae to Helionidinidae (vol 2) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 2, 460pp, Harley Books

Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths):

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