The Macroheterocera are a well supported clade of moths that are closely related to butterflies and Obtectomera.
The macroheteroceran superfamilies were previously place in the Macrolepidoptera, but recent molecular studies have failed to recover the Macrolepidoptera as a monophyletic group. The latter grouping also included butterflies (Papilionoidea) and Old World butterfly-moths (Calliduloidea).
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