Bombycidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Bombycidae
Subfamiliae (2): Bombycinae – Epiinae

Name

Bombycidae Latreille, 1802.

Type genus: Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758.

References

• Dierl, W., 1978: Revision der orientalischen Bombycidae (Lepidoptera). Teil I: Die Ocinara-Gruppe. Spixiana 1 (3): 225–268.
• Dierl, W., 1979: Revision der orientalischen Bombycidae (Lepidoptera). Teil II: Ergänzungen zur Ocinara-Gruppe. Spixiana 2 (3): 253–258.
• Kitching, I.J., Rougerie, R., Zwick, A., Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Naumann, S., Mejia, L.B. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. Reference page. 
• Miyata, T., 1970: A generic revision of the Japanese Bombycidae, with description of a new genus. Tinea 8: 190–199.
• 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]
• Wang, X., Wang, M., Zolotuhin, V.V., Hirowatari, T., Wu, S. & Huang, G-H. 2015. The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands. Zootaxa 3989(1): 1–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF)ISBN 978-1-77557-749-2 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-750-8 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Zolotuhin, V.V., 2007: A revision of the genus Mustilia Walker, 1865, with description of new taxa (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 60: 187–205.
• Zolotuhin, V.V. & D. Tran Thieu, 2011: A new species of the Bombycidae (Lepidoptera) for the fauna of Vietnam with erection of a new genus, and remarks on biology of Prismosticta Butler, 1880. Tinea 21 (4): 179–183.
• Zolotuhin, V.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Bombycidae of Vietnam (Lepidoptera). Entomofauna Supplement 16: 231–272.
• Zwick, A., Regier, J.C., Mitter, C. & Cummings, M.P. 2011. Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 36(1): 31–43. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Сапраўдныя шаўкапрады
日本語: カイコガ科
中文: 蚕蛾科

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