Species list, Checklist of Subsection Bombyces for Azores (Macaronesia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	289 1632 2733	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	285 1624 2723	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	280 1613 2706	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	187 1254 2130	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	38 344 475	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	38 344 475	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	38 344 475	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	12 255 348	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	11 244 327	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Azores
11 Families width 327 Species and 17 Subspecies

Subnodes of Bombyces with occurrences in Azores

Superfamily	Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx	1 5 7	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Geometroidea Leach, 1815 Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths	1 16 19	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 Moths, Owlet moths	4 185 255	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies	5 38 46	Families Genera Species	Taxom