| Bombycina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Section: | Cossina |
| Subsection: | Bombycina |
Bombycina is the name for a subsection of Ditrysian insects in order containing both butterflies and moths having a dorsal heart vessel. Subsection Bombycina contains generally larger sized moths and butterflies in the superfamilies Bombycoidea, Calliduloidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Lasiocampoidea, Mimallonoidea, Noctuoidea, and Papilionoidea, having spineless pupae. [1]
