Species list, Checklist of Subsection Bombyces for Malta (Europe)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	218 1401 2515	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	216 1399 2513	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	213 1390 2500	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	150 1139 2017	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	44 577 1050	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	44 577 1050	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	44 577 1050	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	14 332 645	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	12 294 566	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Malta
12 Families width 566 Species and 35 Subspecies

Subnodes of Bombyces with occurrences in Malta

Superfamily	Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx	2 9 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Geometroidea Leach, 1815 Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths	1 44 86	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 Moths, Owlet moths	5 155 317	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies	4 86 149	Families Genera Species	Taxom