Lymantriinae is a subfamily of erebidae moths.
An arbitary division in the order Lepidoptera, which everyone can recognize but few can categorize. The other division being the Butterflies.
With over 400 UK species the Noctuidae is the largest family of moths.
Nolidae is a family of moths.
A family of moths with approximately 3,500 known species. They resemble Noctuidae although the families are not closely related
Oecophoridae is a family of micro moths of which there are 27 species in the UK.
Parametriotidae is a family of micro-moths.
Peleopodidae is a family of moths which has one species in the UK.
The Plutellidae are a family of moths that consists of seven species in the UK.
Pterophoridae is a family of moths that are known as the plume moths.