Thyrididae

The Thyrididae comprise the family of picture-winged leaf moths. They are the only family in the superfamily Thyridoidea, which sometimes has been included in the Pyraloidea, but this is not supported by cladistic analysis.^{[citation needed]}

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Thyrididae
Arniocera auriguttata
Glanycus coendersi, one of the aposematically coloured day-flying species of Thyrididae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Clade:	Eulepidoptera
Clade:	Ditrysia
Clade:	Apoditrysia
Clade:	Obtectomera
Superfamily:	Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
Family:	Thyrididae Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
Subfamilies
Charideinae Siculodinae Striglininae Thyridinae
Diversity
Over 1,000 species

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Most species live in the tropics and subtropics. They are colourful and often day-flying moths.^[1] There are four subfamilies.^{[citation needed]} Their biology is little known.^{[citation needed]} Thyridid specimens are rare in museum collections.^{[citation needed]}