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Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans are an order of winged insects which include butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organisms, making it the second largest insect order (behind Coleoptera) with 126 families and 46 superfamilies, and one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world.

Agathiphaga is a genus of moths, known as kauri moths, and is the only living genus in the family Agathiphagidae. This caddisfly-like lineage of moths was first reported by Lionel Jack Dumbleton in 1952, as a new genus of Micropterigidae.

Coleophora is a very large genus of moths of the family Coleophoridae. It contains some 1,350 described species. The genus is represented on all continents, but the majority are found in the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions. Many authors have tried splitting the genus into numerous smaller ones, but most of these have not become widely accepted.

Urodidae, whose species are commonly known as false burnet moths, is a family of moths in the lepidopteran order. It is the type genus in the superfamily, Urodoidea, with three genera, one of which, Wockia, occurs in Europe.

Dendrolimus is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1812.

thumb|Palpita vitrealis, caterpillar thumb|Palpita magniferalis thumb|Palpita nigropunctalis Palpita is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus Stemorrhages may be very similar in appearance.

Acytolepis is a genus of small butterflies that belongs to the lycaenids or blues (family Lycaenidae). The genus was first described by Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus in 1927. The species are found in the Indomalayan and the Australasian realms.

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Erpis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It contains only one species, Erpis macularis, which is found on Borneo.

Cosmosoma is a genus of tiger moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.

Dasypolia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Amolita is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

Ligdia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Alelimma is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1895.

Cirina is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae.

Spectroreta is a monotypic moth genus belonging to subfamily Drepaninae erected by Warren in 1903. Its only species, Spectroreta hyalodisca, was described by George Hampson in 1896.

Glaucina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by George Duryea Hulst in 1896.

Metachanda is the sole genus in tribe Metachandini of moth subfamily Oecophorinae. Metachandini was originally described as family Metachandidae by Edward Meyrick in 1911, and at the time also contained the genus Chanystis, which is currently unplaced to tribe within Oecophorinae. It has also previously been described as tribe Metachandini of subfamily Gelechiinae.

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Macrobrochis is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.

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Notarthrinus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only Notarthrinus binghami, the '''Chapman's hedge blue''', a small butterfly found from Assam in India to northern Myanmar.

Goniophysetis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Alypophanes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Parepisparis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906.

Prothrinax is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1908.

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Chondrostega is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Julius Lederer in 1858.

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Hesperumia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was described by Packard in 1873.

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Asaphistis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1909.

Pylartes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.

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Cispia is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. They are found in India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, China and southeast Asia (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam).

Stericta is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863.

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Diplodira is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Diplodira jamaicalis, is endemic to Jamaica. Both the genus and the species were first described by William Schaus in 1916.

Ptyoptila is a monotypic moth genus of the family Oecophoridae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1946. Its only species, Ptyoptila matutinella, was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.

Aurana is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Japan and Australia.

Egone is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.

Ephestris is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. It contains the single species Ephestris melaxantha. Both the genus and species were first described by Jacob Hübner, the genus in 1820 and the species in 1809.

Trichopterigia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by George Hampson in 1895.

Eutrepsia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.

Jocara is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.

Mimopsestis is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the subfamily Thyatirinae of the Drepanidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1921. Its single species, Mimopsestis basalis, was described by Wileman in 1911. It is found in Japan and the Chinese provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Hubei and Hunan.

Duliophyle is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894. Its only species, Duliophyle agitata, described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878, is found in Japan.

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Gonodiscus is a genus of the moth's family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Gonodiscus amplalis, which is found in Chile.

Scotorythra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. All species of this genus are endemic to Hawaii. thumb|right|200px|Caterpillar of a Scotorythra species thumb|right|200px

Beralade is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855.

species of moth endemic to New Zealand

Stiria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.

Oratha is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1863.

Hymenoptychis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Spartopteryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1858. Its only species, Spartopteryx kindermannaria, was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1871.