Bombycoidea
Superfamily of moths
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Bombycoidea is a superfamily of moths, including the silk moths, giant silk moths, sphinx moths, saturniids, and relatives. The superfamily Lasiocampoidea is a close relative and was historically sometimes merged in this group. After many years of debate and shifting taxonomies, the most recent classifications treat the superfamily as containing 10 constituent families.[4]
| Bombycoidea | |
|---|---|
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| Death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Clade: | Obtectomera |
| Clade: | Macroheterocera |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea Gravenhorst, 1843[1][2] |
| Families | |
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See text | |
| Diversity | |
| >3,500 species | |
| Synonyms | |
Characteristics
Bombycoid larvae often exhibit horns.[5] In the adult stage they are typically large, and include the largest moths in the world.
Families
Bombycoidea includes the following families:
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