Bombycidae

Taxobox
name = Bombycidae

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image_caption = Caterpillars of the silkmoth
("Bombyx mori"), age 30 days
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Macrolepidoptera
superfamilia = Bombycoidea
familia = Bombycidae
familia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = generaSee text

Bombycidae is a family of moths. The best-known species is "Bombyx mori" (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well known species is "Bombyx mandarina", also native to Asia.

Genera

This list is provisional. Genera such as "Apatelodes" and "Olceclostera" are placed in the Apatelodidae, if these are considered valid. "Ephoria" may be a synonym of "Epholca" (Geometridae: Ennominae: Ourapterygini), and "Epia" may be one of "Hadena" (Noctuidae: Hadeninae: Hadenini).

*"Agriochlora"
*"Andraca"
*"Anticla"
*"Aristhala"
*"Arotros"
*"Bivincula"
*"Bivinculata"
*"Bombyx"
*"Carnotena"
*"Chazena"
*"Cheneya"
*"Clenora"
*"Colabata"
*"Colla"
*"Dalailama"
*"Diversosexus"
*"Dorisia"
*"Drepatelodes"
*"Ectrocta"
*"Elachyophtalma"
*"Ernolatia"
*"Falcatelodes"
*"Gnathocinara"
*"Gunda"
*"Hanisa"
*"Hygrochroa"
*"Laganda"
*"Microplastis"
*"Minyas"
*"Moeschleria"
*"Mustilia"
*"Mustilizans"
*"Naprepa"
*"Norasuma"
*"Oberthueria"
*"Ocinara"
*"Orgyopsis"
*"Penicillifera"
*"Phiditia"
*"Prismoptera"
*"Prismosticta"
*"Prothysana"
*"Pseudandraca"
*"Pseudoeupterote"
*"Quentalia"
*"Rolepa"
*"Rondotia"
*"Sorocaba"
*"Spanochroa"
*"Tamphana"
*"Tarchon"
*"Tepilia"
*"Thelosia"
*"Theophila"
*"Thyrioclostera"
*"Trilocha"
*"Triuncina"
*"Vinculinula"
*"Zanola"
*"Zolessia"

References

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?FAMILY=bombycidae&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&sort=GENUS&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&YEARqtype=equals&beginIndex=0&GENUSqtype=starts+with&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dbombycidae%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26beginIndex%3d60%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]
* [http://www.insecta-web.org/cgi-bin/MWM/db_typen/display.pl?tname=family&fam=Bombycidae List of Bombycidae Types] (Museum Witt München).