MEMOIES OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



83 



OENEA.LOGICAL TREE OF IHE LEPIDOPTERA. 



Lyca'uidie 



Xvmphalidip 



Papilionidai Pieiidie 



I 



HesperidiB 



I 

 Castuiidie 



Noctuidie 



Agaristid.B 



Sphiugidie 

 Hemilenoid:r 



•Saturn iida! 



GeometridsB 



CeratocampidiC Platvpteiiiid;u 



I ' i 



Notodoiitidif Endromidae 



HypsidiB 



LasiocarapidiB 



Megalopygidie 

 CochliopodidiB 



Bombycidie 



Perophoridse 



I 



LiparidiB 



Syntomidae 



Dioptidse 



CyllopodidsB 

 Nyctemerida! I 



Lithosiidje 

 ChalcosiidiB 



Zyga;nida3 



I 



Psych id as 



Talit'poridaj 



Tineina 

 (10-15 families! 



Arcti idif 



NoUdae 



I 



Pyialidina 



SeslidiB Pteroplioridae 



I 

 Thyi'idid:!' Aiucitida- 



Coseida' ! TineolidiB 



Hepialid^B 

 Prodoxida> I Tortricid;B 



2. Neolepidoptera (PupiB incomplBtiP and Pup;i' obtect*.) 



1. PalaoleiMoptera (Micropierijgida: Pupie liber*). 



I 



Suborder II. Lepidoptera haiisleUattt. 

 1 

 Suborder 1. Lepidoptera Jaciniala (Protolepidoptera. Eriocephalidse). 



