NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Superfamily

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Gelechiidae
      Family - Oecophoridae
      Family - Elachistidae
      Family - Coleophoridae
      Family - Amphisbatidae
      Family - Autostichidae
      Family - Batrachedridae
      Family - Chimabachidae
      Family - Cosmopterigidae
      Family - Deoclonidae
      Family - Glyphidoceridae
      Family - Peleopodidae
      Family - Xyloryctidae