 It is now considered to represent its own superfamily (Minet, 1986).The relationship of the family to the other lineages in the group "Apoditrysia" need a new assessment, especially with new molecular data.The moths occur worldwide, with 19 genera in three subfamilies defined by the structural characteristics of the immature stages (larvae and pupae), rather than the characters of the adults (Heppner and Duckworth, 1981; Rota, 2005).