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Bombycoidea

Death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Clade:	Eulepidoptera
Clade:	Ditrysia
Clade:	Apoditrysia
Clade:	Obtectomera
Clade:	Macroheterocera
Superfamily:	Bombycoidea Gravenhorst, 1843
Families
See text
Diversity
>3,500 species
Synonyms
Bombyciformia Schrank, 1802 Sphingoidea Gravenhorst, 1843

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.

Characteristics

Bombycoid larvae often exhibit horns. In the adult stage they are typically large, and include the largest moths in the world.

Families

Bombycoidea includes the following families:

References

^ Gravenhorst, J. L. C. (1843). Vergleichende Zoologie. Breslau: Druck und Verlag von Graß, Barth und Comp.
Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri: Jent et Gassmann.
Schrank, F. P. (1802). "Spinnerförmige Schmetterlinge. Lepidoptera bombyciformia". Fauna Boica. Zweyter Band. Zweyte Abteilung (in German). Ingolstadt: Johann Wilhelm Krüll. pp. 149–156.
Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236
Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

v t e Arthropoda - Insecta - Superfamilies of Lepidoptera
Butterflies	Hedyloidea Hesperioidea Papilionoidea
Larger Moths	Bombycoidea Calliduloidea Cimelioidea Drepanoidea Geometroidea Immoidea Lasiocampoidea Mimallonoidea Noctuoidea Sphingoidea
Microlepidoptera	Monotrysia Andesianoidea Adeloidea Palaephatoidea Nepticuloidea Tischerioidea Ditrysian micros Acanthopteroctetoidea Alucitoidea Choreutoidea Copromorphoidea Cossoidea Epermenioidea Galacticoidea Gelechioidea Gracillarioidea Hyblaeoidea Pterophoroidea Pyraloidea Schreckensteinioidea Sesioidea Simaethistoidea Thyridoidea Tineoidea Tortricoidea Urodoidea Whalleyanoidea Yponomeutoidea Zygaenoidea Basal lineages Agathiphagoidea Eriocranioidea Hepialoidea Heterobathmioidea Lophocoronoidea Micropterigoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Neopseustoidea

Arthropoda - Insecta - Superfamilies of Lepidoptera

Butterflies

Larger Moths

Microlepidoptera

Monotrysia: Andesianoidea; Adeloidea; Palaephatoidea; Nepticuloidea; Tischerioidea

Ditrysian micros: Acanthopteroctetoidea; Alucitoidea; Choreutoidea; Copromorphoidea; Cossoidea; Epermenioidea; Galacticoidea; Gelechioidea; Gracillarioidea; Hyblaeoidea; Pterophoroidea; Pyraloidea; Schreckensteinioidea; Sesioidea; Simaethistoidea; Thyridoidea; Tineoidea; Tortricoidea; Urodoidea; Whalleyanoidea; Yponomeutoidea; Zygaenoidea

Basal lineages: Agathiphagoidea; Eriocranioidea; Hepialoidea; Heterobathmioidea; Lophocoronoidea; Micropterigoidea; Mnesarchaeoidea; Neopseustoidea

Extant Lepidoptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

Suborder Zeugloptera

Micropterigoidea	Micropterigidae (mandibulate archaic moths)

Suborder Aglossata

Agathiphagoidea	Agathiphagidae (kauri moths)

Suborder Heterobathmiina

Heterobathmioidea	Heterobathmiidae

Suborder Glossata

Dacnonypha

Eriocranioidea	Eriocraniidae

Acanthoctesia

Acanthopteroctetoidea	Acanthopteroctetidae (archaic sun moths)

Lophocoronina

Lophocoronoidea	Lophocoronidae

Neopseustina

Neopseustoidea	Aenigmatineidae Neopseustidae (archaic bell moths)

Exoporia

Hepialoidea	Anomosetidae Hepialidae (swift moths, ghost moths) Neotheoridae (Amazonian primitive ghost moths) Palaeosetidae (miniature ghost moths) Prototheoridae (African primitive ghost moths)
Mnesarchaeoidea	Mnesarchaeidae (New Zealand primitive moths)

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Adeloidea	Adelidae (fairy longhorn moths) Cecidosidae Heliozelidae Incurvariidae Prodoxidae (yucca moths)
Andesianoidea	Andesianidae (Andean endemic moths)
Nepticuloidea	Nepticulidae (pigmy, or midget moths) Opostegidae (white eyecap moths)
Palaephatoidea	Palaephatidae (Gondwanaland moths)
Tischerioidea	Tischeriidae (trumpet leaf miner moths)

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Simaethistoidea	Simaethistidae
Tineoidea	Acrolophidae (burrowing webworm moths) Arrhenophanidae Eriocottidae (Old World spiny-winged moths) Psychidae (bagworm moths) Tineidae (fungus moths)
Gracillarioidea	Bucculatricidae (ribbed cocoon makers) Douglasiidae (Douglas moths) Gracillariidae Roeslerstammiidae
Yponomeutoidea	Acrolepiidae (false diamondback moths) Bedelliidae Glyphipterigidae (sedge moths) Heliodinidae Lyonetiidae Plutellidae Yponomeutidae (ermine moths) Ypsolophidae
Gelechioidea	Autostichidae Batrachedridae Blastobasidae Coleophoridae (case-bearers, case moths) Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moths) Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) Gelechiidae (twirler moths) Lecithoceridae (long-horned moths) Lypusidae Metachandidae Momphidae (mompha moths) Oecophoridae (concealer moths) Pterolonchidae Scythrididae (flower moths) Xyloryctidae (timber moths)
Galacticoidea	Galacticidae
Zygaenoidea	Heterogynidae Zygaenidae (burnet, forester, or smoky moths) Himantopteridae Lacturidae Somabrachyidae Megalopygidae (flannel moths) Aididae Anomoeotidae Cyclotornidae Epipyropidae (planthopper parasite moths) Dalceridae (slug caterpillars) Limacodidae (slug, or cup moths)
Cossoidea	Cossidae (carpenter millers, or goat moths) Dudgeoneidae (dudgeon carpenter moths)
Sesioidea	Brachodidae (little bear moths) Castniidae (castniid moths: giant butterfly-moths, sun moths) Sesiidae (clearwing moths)
Choreutoidea	Choreutidae (metalmark moths)
Tortricoidea	Tortricidae (tortrix moths)
Urodoidea	Urodidae (false burnet moths)
Schreckensteinioidea	Schreckensteiniidae (bristle-legged moths)
Epermenioidea	Epermeniidae (fringe-tufted moths)
Alucitoidea	Alucitidae (many-plumed moths) Tineodidae (false plume moths)
Pterophoroidea	Pterophoridae (plume moths)
Whalleyanoidea	Whalleyanidae
Immoidea	Immidae
Copromorphoidea	Copromorphidae (tropical fruitworm moths) Carposinidae (fruitworm moths)
Thyridoidea	Thyrididae (picture-winged leaf moths)
Calliduloidea	Callidulidae (Old World butterfly-moths)
Papilionoidea (butterflies)	Papilionidae (swallowtail butterflies) Hedylidae (American moth-butterflies) Hesperiidae (skippers) Pieridae (whites, yellows, orangetips, sulphurs) Riodinidae (metalmarks) Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies: blues, coppers and relatives) Nymphalidae (brush-footed, or four-footed butterflies)
Hyblaeoidea	Hyblaeidae (teak moths)
Pyraloidea	Pyralidae (snout moths) Crambidae (grass moth)
Mimallonoidea	Mimallonidae (sack bearer moths)
Lasiocampoidea	Lasiocampidae (eggars, snout moths, or lappet moths)
Bombycoidea	Anthelidae (Australian lappet moth) Apatelodidae (American silkworm moths) Bombycidae (silk moths) Brahmaeidae (Brahmin moths) Carthaeidae (Dryandra moth) Endromidae (Kentish glory and relatives) Eupterotidae Phiditiidae Saturniidae (saturniids) Sphingidae (hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms)
Noctuoidea	Erebidae (underwing, tiger, tussock, litter, snout, owlet moths) Euteliidae Noctuidae (daggers, sallows, owlet moths, quakers, cutworms, darts) Nolidae (tuft moths) Notodontidae (prominents, kittens) Oenosandridae
Drepanoidea	Drepanidae (hook-tips) Cimeliidae (gold moths) Doidae
Geometroidea	Sematuridae Pseudobistonidae Epicopeiidae (oriental swallowtail moths) Uraniidae Geometridae (geometer moths)
Superfamily unassigned	Millieriidae

Note: division Monotrysia is not a clade.

Taxon identifiers
Bombycoidea	Wikidata: Q133694 Wikispecies: Bombycoidea ADW: Bombycoidea AFD: Bombycoidea BugGuide: 43878 CoL: 4V9 EoL: 777 Fauna Europaea: 6787 Fauna Europaea (new): 9c7eda78-068a-41a7-868e-26ba6bff9ebd GBIF: 1873 iNaturalist: 47214 ITIS: 117536 NBN: NHMSYS0000501515 NCBI: 37569 Paleobiology Database: 245034

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