Hedylidae

Hedylidae
	Macrosoma bahiata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Clade:	Obtectomera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea; Scoble, 1986
Family:	Hedylidae; Guenée, 1857, nec. Bergh, 1895
Genus:	Macrosoma; Hübner, 1818
Type species
	Macrosoma tipulata Hübner, 1818;
Species
	see List of species
Diversity
	35 currently recognised species
Synonyms
	Epirrita Hübner, 1808 [unavailable name]; Hedyle Guenée, 1857, type species Hedyle heliconiaria Guenée, 1857; Phellinodes Guenée, 1857, type species Phellinodes satellitiata Guenée, 1857; Venodes Guenée, 1857, type species Phellinodes satellitiata Guenée, 1857; Macrophila Walker, 1862, type species Macrosoma tipulata Hübner, 1818; Hyphedyle Warren, 1894, type species Hedyle rubedinaria Walker, 1862; Lasiopates Warren, 1905, type species Lasiopates hyacinthina Warren, 1905;

Hedylidae is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order, They are also called the "American moth-butterflies". Butterflies evolved from moths, and this group is rather moth-like.

They are living sister group to the butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea. In 1986, Scoble combined all 35 species into a single genus Macrosoma. They are all entirely neotropical species from central and southern America and the Caribbean.^[1]

DNA sequence analysis of this group continues.

References

↑ Scoble MJ (1986). "The structure and affinities of the Hedyloidea: a new concept of the butterflies". Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Ent.). 53: 251–286.

[Scoble86-1] Scoble MJ (1986). "The structure and affinities of the Hedyloidea: a new concept of the butterflies". Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Ent.). 53: 251–286.

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