La taxinomie des insectes est en pleine évolution voire révolution, et les différentes classifications sont très diparates notamment concernant les sections situées entre les ordres et les genres.
| Famille | Autrement inclus dans
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| Acanthopteroctetidae Davis, 1978 |
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| Acrolepiidae Heinemann, 1870 | Plutellidae ou Yponomeutidae
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| Acrolophidae | Tineidae
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| Adelidae Bruand, 1851 |
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| Agathiphagidae Kristensen, 1967 |
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| Agonoxenidae Meyrick, 1926 | Elastichidae or Coleophoridae
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| Aididae | Megalopygidae
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| Alucitidae Leach, 1815 |
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| Anomoeotidae |
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| Anomosetidae |
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| Anthelidae |
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| Arctiidae Leach, 1815 |
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| Arrhenophanidae |
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| Axiidae Rebel, 1919 | Noctuidae
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| Batrachedridae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 | Coleophoridae ou Mompidae ou Cosmopterigidae
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| Bedelliidae Meyrick, 1880 | Lyonetiidae
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| Blastobasidae Meyrick, 1894 | Coleophoridae
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| Bombycidae Latreille, 1802 |
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| Brachodidae Heppner, 1979 | Glyphipterigidae
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| Brahmaeidae Swinhoe, 1892 |
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| Bucculatricidae Wallengren, 1881 |
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| Callidulidae |
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| Carposinidae Walsingham, 1897 |
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| Carthaeidae |
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| Castniidae |
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| Cecidosidae | Incurvariidae
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| Choreutidae Stainton, 1854 | Glyphipterigidae
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| Coleophoridae Bruand, 1851 |
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| Copromorphidae |
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| Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 |
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| Cossidae Leach, 1815 |
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| Crambidae Latreille, 1810 | Pyralidae
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| Crinopterygidae Spuler, 1898 |
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| Cyclotornidae |
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| Dalceridae |
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| Doidae Donahue & Brown, 1987 | Arctiidae
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| Douglasiidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 |
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| Drepanidae Boisduval, 1828 |
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| Dudgeoneidae |
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| Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 |
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| Endromidae Boisduval, 1828 |
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| Epermeniidae Spuler, 1910 |
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| Epicopeiidae |
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| Epipyropidae Dyar, 1903 |
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| Eriocottidae Spuler, 1898 | Incurvariidae
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| Eriocraniidae Tutt, 1899 |
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| Ethmiidae Busck, 1909 | Elachistidae
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| Eupterotidae |
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| Galacticidae | Plutellidae
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| Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 |
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| Geometridae Leach, 1815 |
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| Glyphipterigidae Stainton, 1854 |
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| Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854 |
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| Hedylidae | Geometridae
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| Heliodinidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 |
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| Heliozelidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1877 |
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| Hepialidae Stephens, 1829 |
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| Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 |
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| Heterobathmiidae | Micropterigidae
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| Heterogynidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 |
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| Himantopteridae |
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| Holcopogonidae Gozmany, 1967 | Autostichidae
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| Hyblaeidae |
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| Immidae Heppner, 1977 | Glyphipterigidae
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| Incurvariidae Spuler, 1898 |
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| Lacturidae | Yponomeutidae
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| Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841 |
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| Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947 | Gelechiidae
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| Lemoniidae Dyar, 1896 |
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| Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845 |
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| Lophocoronidae Common, 1973 |
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| Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 |
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| Lymantriidae Hampson, 1893 |
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| Lyonetiidae Stainton, 1854 |
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| Lypusidae Heinemann, 1870 | Tineidae ou Psychidae ou Yponomeutidae
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| Megalopygidae |
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| Metachandidae Meyrick, 1911 | Oecophoridae ou Gelechiidae
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| Micropterigidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 |
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| Mimallonidae |
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| Mirinidae | Bombycidae
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| Mnesarchaeidae |
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| Momphidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1857 | Coleophoridae
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| Neopseustidae |
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| Neotheoridae Kristensen, 1978. |
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| Nepticulidae Stainton, 1854 |
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| Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 |
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| Nolidae Hampson, 1894 | Noctuidae
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| Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 |
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| Nymphalidae Swainson, 1827 |
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| Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851 |
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| Oenosandridae Miller, 1991 | Notodontidae (Thaumatopoeidae)
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| Opostegidae Meyrick, 1893 |
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| Palaeosetidae |
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| Palaephatidae | Tineidae
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| Pantheidae Smith, 1898 | Noctuidae
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| Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 |
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| Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 |
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| Plutellidae Guenee, 1845 | Yponomeutidae
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| Prodoxidae Riley, 1881 |
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| Prototheoridae |
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| Psychidae Boisduval, 1828 |
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| Pterolonchidae Meyrick, 1918 | Coleophoridae
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| Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841 |
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| Pyralidae Latreille, 1802 |
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| Riodinidae Grote, 1895 | Lycaenidae
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| Roeslerstammiidae Bruand, 1850 |
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| Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 |
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| Schreckensteiniidae Fletcher, 1929 |
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| Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 |
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| Sematuridae |
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| Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 |
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| Simaethistidae | Pyralidae
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| Somabrachyidae Hampson, 1920 | Megalopygidae
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| Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 |
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| Symmocidae Gozmany, 1957 | Autostichidae
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| Thyrididae Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 |
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| Tineidae Latreille, 1810 |
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| Tineodidae Meyrick, 1885 |
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| Tischeriidae Spuler, 1898 |
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| Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 |
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| Uraniidae |
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| Urodidae Kyrki, 1984 |
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| Whalleyanidae | Thyrididae
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| Yponomeutidae Stephens, 1829 |
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| Ypsolophidae Guenee, 1845 | Yponomeutidae
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| Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809 |
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