Ditrysia

The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and moths. About 98% of described species of Lepidoptera belong to Ditrysia. The group can be divided into basal or incertae sedis "micromoths" and the Apoditrysia which includes mostly larger moths as well as the butterflies.

Ditrysia
Kamehameha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Glossata
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
(unranked):	Ditrysia
Principal clades and Superfamilies
Ditrysia Borner, 1925 Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Apoditrysia Galacticoidea Zygaenoidea Cossoidea Sesioidea Choreutoidea Tortricoidea Urodoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Alucitoidea Pterophoroidea Obtectomera Whalleyanoidea Immoidea Copromorphoidea Hyblaeoidea Pyraloidea Thyridoidea Macrolepidoptera Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Bombycoidea Noctuoidea Drepanoidea Geometroidea Axioidea Calliduloidea Rhopalocera Hedyloidea Hesperioidea Papilionoidea