Bombycidae

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[edit] Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Ditrysia
Sectio: Cossina
Subsection: Bombycina
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea
Series: Bombyciformes
Familia: Bombycidae
Subfamiliae: Apatelodinae - Bombycinae - Oberthuerinae - Phiditiinae - Prismostictinae - Unassigned

[edit] Name

Bombycidae Latreille, 1802

Type genus: Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758

[edit] Reference

• Sonnini's Buffon, Hist. nat gén. partic. Crust. Ins. 3: 404
• Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.[1]

[edit] Vernacular names

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