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Acanthopteroctetidae
Acrolophidae Adelidae Agonoxenidae Agaristidae Alucitidae Apatelodidae Arctiidae Bedelliidae Blastobasidae Bombycidae Bucculatrigidae Carposinidae Choreutidae Coleophoridae Copromorphidae Cosmopterigidae Cossidae Ctenuchidae Cycnodiidae Dalceridae Danaidae Dioptidae Doidae Douglasiidae Drepanidae Elachistidae Epermeniidae Epiplemidae Epipyropidae Eriocraniidae Ethmiidae Galacticidae Gelechiidae Geometridae Glyphipterigidae Gracillariidae Heliconiidae Heliodinidae Heliozelidae Hepialidae Hesperiidae Hyblaeidae Incurvariidae Lacturidae Lasiocampidae Lecithoceridae Libytheidae Limacodidae Liparidae Lycaenidae Lymantriidae Lyonetiidae Manidiidae Megalopygidae Megathymidae Micropterigidae Mimallonidae Momphidae Nepticulidae Noctuidae Nolidae Notodontidae Nymphalidae Oecophoridae Oinophilidae
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The order, second only to the Coleoptera (the beetles), comprises more than 160,000 species.
See also metamorphosis (biology) and difference between a butterfly and a moth.