Bombycoidea
| Bombycoidea | |
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| Death's-head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): | Macrolepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
| Families | |
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Anthelidae |
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| Diversity | |
| Over 3,500 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sphingoidea |
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Anthelidae
Apatelodidae
Bombycidae
Brahmaeidae
Carthaeidae
Endromidae (syn: Mirinidae)
Eupterotidae
Lemoniidae
Phiditiidae
Saturniidae
Sphingidae
Sphingoidea
Bombycoidea is a superfamily of moths. It contains the silk moths, emperor moths, sphinx moth, and relatives. The Lasiocampoidea are close relatives and sometimes merged in this group. Their larvae exhibit horns.
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