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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
BOMBYCOIDEA
(silk moths, emperor etc.)
Bombycoidea
is also a member of:
Macrolepidoptera
(via Bombycoidea)
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Family LASIOCAMPIDAE (lackeys and eggars) 7      
Species Eriogaster lanestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Small Eggar)       2
Species Euthrix potatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Drinker)   46 21  
Species Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Oak Eggar) 1 15    
Species Macrothylacia rubi (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fox Moth)   23    
Species Malacosoma castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ground Lackey)       2
Species Malacosoma neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) (The Lackey)   13   1
Species Poecilocampa populi (Linnaeus, 1758) (December Moth)   18    
Informal (Eriogaster lanestris / Malacosoma neustria) (Eggar/Lackey) 2 13   3
Family SATURNIIDAE (emperor moths) 1      
Species Pavonia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) (Emperor)   54 3 1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J., 1991 Lasiocampidae to Thyatiridae (vol 7(2))
Ford, R.L.E., 1963 The Observer's Book of Larger Moths

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 general literature references to BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)

BOMBYCOIDEA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
Macrolepidoptera (via Bombycoidea)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 52 feeding and other relationships of BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)

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