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Noctuoidea
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Translingual
Etymology
mul Noctua oidea
Proper noun
superfamily order Lepidoptera owl moths and related moths
Hypernyms
superfamily ; Glossata suborder suborder; Heteroneura infraorder infraorder; Ditrysia clade division; Cossina section 1 section; Bombycina subsection 1 subsection
Hyponyms
superfamily Erebidae family, Micronoctuidae family, Noctuidae family, Nolidae family, Notodontidae family, Oenosandridae family, Scranciidae family families
Aganaidae family (now Aganainae subfamily), Arctiidae family (now Arctiinae subfamily), Lymantriidae family (now Lymantriinae subfamily) all in Erebidae; Pantheidae family (now Pantheinae subfamily in Noctuidae); Doidae family (now in Drepanoidea superfamily) groups formerly treated as families in Noctuoidea
References
mul Noctuoid moths