Bombycoidea
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Bombycoidea is a superfamily of moths, including the silk moths, giant silk moths, sphinx moths, saturniids, and relatives. The superfamily Lasiocampoidea is a close relative and was historically sometimes merged in this group. After many years of debate and shifting taxonomies, the most recent classifications treat the superfamily as containing 10 constituent families.[1]
Characteristics
Bombycoid larvae often exhibit horns.[2] In the adult stage they are typically large, and include the largest moths in the world.
Families
Bombycoidea includes the following families:
- Anthelidae
- Apatelodidae
- Bombycidae
- Brahmaeidae (syn. Lemoniidae)
- Carthaeidae
- Endromidae (syn. Mirinidae)
- Eupterotidae
- Phiditiidae
- Saturniidae
- Sphingidae
References
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- ↑ Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236
- ↑ Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, Template:ISBN, 2002