See text Doidae is a small family of Lepidoptera with an exclusively New World distribution, with species occurring in Central America, the south-western United States, and northern South America.

Doidae was elevated to family rank by Julian P. Donahue and John W. Brown in 1987.

[1] They have a complex taxonomical history, and have previously been placed in Geometridae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Dioptidae among several other families.

[2][3] As a family, Doidae was formerly included in superfamily Noctuoidea, but was transferred to the Drepanoidea in 2011 by van Nieukerken et al.[1] As of May 2024[update], the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists seven species in two genera for Doidae:[4]

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