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Taxon: Family Castniidae Boisduval, 1828 - giant butterfly moths (moth)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Lepidoptera

Current position

Cossoidea (Superfamily) Leach, 1815

Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2011: 216.

Alternative positions

*Castnioidea* (Superfamily)	Ref: J.B. Heppner, 1998b
*Sesioidea* (Superfamily)	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 744.
*Zygaenoidea* (Superfamily) Latreille, 1809	Ref: G. Beccaloni et al., 2005: Feb 2005.

Historical positions

*Cossoidea* (Superfamily) Leach, 1815	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2011: 216.
*Sesioidea* (Superfamily)	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 744.
*Castnioidea* (Superfamily)	Ref: J.B. Heppner, 1998b: 59.
*Castnioidea* (Superfamily)	Ref: E.G. Munroe, 1982: 633.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	35g;221s;47ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 23 Jun 2013	[35g]
2011	E.J. van Nieukerken et al.: 216	34g;113s
2005	G. Beccaloni et al.: Feb 2005	[35g]
1998b	J.B. Heppner: 59	[3sf]
1982	E.G. Munroe: 633	4g150s

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