BOMBYCOIDEA
(silk moths, emperor etc.)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
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Family 1 subtaxa 68 images 1 ident. refs
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Family 14 subtaxa 232 images 10 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyBOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1991 Lasiocampidae to Thyatiridae (vol 7(2)) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 7 (Part 2), Harley Books
Ford, R.L.E. 1963 *** The Observer’s Book of Larger Moths ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 14, Revised edition edition, 224pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 40 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
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