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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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 Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 245.

Type genus: Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758: 495.

References

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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.
Samouelle, G. 1819. The entomologists' useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and modern methods of arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British Insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. Thomas Boys, London, 496 pp., 12 pls. BHL Reference page.
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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