Lasiocampoidea

Lasiocampoidea
Oak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Glossata
(unranked):	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Lasiocampoidea
Families
Anthelidae Lasiocampidae
Diversity
over 1,600 species

Lasiocampoidea is the superfamily of "lappet moths", containing two families of small to very large moths. Lasiocampidae have a global distribution, whilst Anthelidae ("Australian lappet moths") are found only in Australia and New Zealand. There are about 158 genera. See Lemaire and Minet (1999) for a detailed overview.

The group is closely related to the Bombycoidea and sometimes merged therein.

References

• Lemaire, C. & Minet, J. (1999). The Bombycoidea and their relatives. Pp. 321-353 In: Kristensen, N.P. (ed.), Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie 4 (35): 321-353. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin, New York.

Sources

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

External links

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