Bombycidae

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Bombycidae
Bombyx mori Caterpillar 30days 02.jpg
Caterpillars of the domestic silk moth
( Bombyx mori ), age 30 days
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: Bombycidae
Leach in Samouelle, 1819 [1] [2]
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Bombycites Latreille, 1809 [3]

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

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Taxonomy

The family was recently severely restricted, and currently contains only one or two subfamilies, the Bombycinae and Epiinae (previously the tribe Epiini). The former subfamilies Oberthueriinae and Prismostictinae have been placed as subjective junior synonyms of Endromidae. The former subfamilies Apatelodinae and Phiditiinae have been reinstated as separate families. [4] [5]

Genera

This list is provisional. Epia may also be placed within Apatelodidae, along with Tamphana . Some genera were formerly placed in Apatelodinae, such as Anticla and Quentalia . [6]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brahmaeidae</span> Family of moths

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apatelodidae</span> Family of moths

Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered a subfamily of Bombycidae.

<i>Lemonia dumi</i> Species of moth

Lemonia dumi is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It is found in scattered populations in Central Europe.

<i>Lemonia taraxaci</i> Species of moth

Lemonia taraxaci, the autumn silkworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and it is found in south-eastern Europe.

<i>Lemonia balcanica</i> Species of moth

Lemonia balcanica is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It is found in the Balkans.

<i>Lemonia philopalus</i> Species of moth

Lemonia philopalus is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It is found from Spain up to Egypt and North Africa.

Lemonia ballioni is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1888. The range includes Turkey, Ukraine and Russia.

Lemonia beirutica is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1965. The range includes Israel and Lebanon.

Lemonia pauli is a species of moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1894. Its range includes Israel, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.

Cheneya is a small genus of moths of the Bombycidae family, within which it is placed in subfamily Epiinae.

Colla similis is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Felder in 1868. It is found in the Neotropical realm.

Lemonia pia is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Rudolf Püngeler in 1902.

Lemonia ponticus is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1894.

Sabalia fulleborni is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1900.

Sabalia fulvicincta is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901.

Sabalia jacksoni is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe in 1890.

Sabalia thalia is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by James Farish Malcolm Fawcett in 1915.

Sabalia tippelskirchi is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae. It was described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1898.

References

  1. ↑ Samouelle, G. (1819). "Lepidoptera". The Entomologist's Useful Compendium. London: Thomas Boys. pp. 234–256.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Latreille, P. A. (1809). Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum. Vol. 4. Parisiis: Amand Kœnig.
  4. ↑ Zwick, Andreas; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Cummings, Michael P. (2010-09-30). "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x.
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Dexter, K. et al. Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives. BMC Evol Biol 19, 182 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1505-1
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