| Penicillifera lactea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bombycidae |
| Genus: | Penicillifera |
| Species: | P. lactea |
| Binomial name | |
| Penicillifera lactea (Hutton, 1865) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Penicillifera lactea is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It is found from eastern Afghanistan to India (Assam).
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.
Endromidae is a family of moths. It was long considered to be a monotypic family, containing just one species, the Kentish glory, Endromis versicolora, found throughout the Palaearctic region. The family now consists of several genera and about 30 species, all former members of the family Bombycidae.
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.
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.
Mustilia is a genus of moths of the Endromidae family. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Prismostictinae of the Bombycidae family.
Oberthueria is a genus of moths of the Endromidae family. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Oberthueriinae of the Bombycidae family.
Phiditiidae is a family of moths. The family used to be placed as a subfamily (Phiditiinae) in the family Bombycidae.
Gnathocinara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Bombycidae erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978. It contains only one species, Gnathocinara situla, described by van Eecke in 1929, which is found on Sumatra in Indonesia.
Dalailama is a genus of moths of the family Endromidae, previously placed in the subfamily Oberthueriinae of the family Bombycidae.
Bivincula diaphana is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in the eastern Himalayas.
Bivincula watsoni is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978. It is found in Sikkim, India.
Ernolatia lida is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It is found from Malaysia to Sulawesi.
Ocinara bifurcula is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978. It is found on Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. The habitat generally consists of lowland areas, but it has been recorded as high as 1,500 meters.
Ocinara dilectula is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found on Java and possibly Sumatra.
Rondotia diaphana is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in China, Myanmar, India and Vietnam.
Ocinara polia is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Willie Horace Thomas Tams in 1935. It is found on Sulawesi.
Triuncina cervina is a moth in the family Bombycidae described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in northern India and Nepal.