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 | |
Apatelodidae |
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Diversity | |
Over 3,500 species | |
Synonyms | |
Sphingoidea |
Bombycoidea is a superfamily of moths. It contains the silk moths, emperor moths, sphinx moths and relatives. The Lasiocampoidea are close relatives and sometimes merged in the present group. Their larvae exhibit horns.