Bombycoidea

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Bombycoidea

Death's-head Hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked)	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Bombycoidea

Diversity

Over 3,500 species

Families

Apatelodidae
Bombycidae
Brahmaeidae
Carthaeidae
Endromididae
Eupterotidae
Lemoniidae
Mirinidae
Saturniidae
Sphingidae

Synonyms

Sphingoidea

Bombycoidea is a superfamily of moths. It contains the silk moths, emperor moths, sphinx moths and relatives. The Lasiocampoidea are close relatives and sometimes merged in the present group.

Sources

Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

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