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Bombycoidea is a superfamily of moths. It has the silk moths, emperor moths, sphinx moths, and relatives of those. Lasiocampoidea are close relatives. They used to be in this group. They now, however, have 10 families.[1] Their larvae usually have horns.[2]
Bombycoidea | |
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Death's-head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Clade: | Macroheterocera |
Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
Families | |
Anthelidae | |
Diversity | |
Over 3,500 species | |
Synonyms | |
Sphingoidea |
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