Doidae

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Doidae is a small of in the order Lepidoptera, containing seven across two . The family has an exclusively New World distribution, with species found in the southwestern United States, Central America, and northern South America. Doidae was elevated to family rank in 1987 and transferred from superfamily Noctuoidea to Drepanoidea in 2011. The family has a complex taxonomic history, having previously been classified within Geometridae, , , and Dioptidae.

Igreja de São Cristóvão e São Lourenço - Lisboa - Portugal (49479702548) by Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL. Used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.

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How to pronounce Doidae: /ˈdoɪdaɪ/

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Distribution

Southwestern United States (Arizona, California), Mexico, Belize, Cuba, and Colombia. The has an exclusively New World distribution spanning from the southern United States through Central America to northern South America.

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