Checklist of Family Bombycidae Latreille, 1802 (Lappet moths)
for Antilles (Caribbean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 617
10225
29511 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 613
10210
29482 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 589
10089
29196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 367
7999
23420 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 80
2683
7084 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 80
2683
7084 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 78
2680
7081 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 27
1728
4688 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 24
1620
4392 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 5
104
260 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Bombycidae
Latreille, 1802
Lappet moths, Silkworm Moths, Silkworms | 10
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Antilles
10 Genera with 20 Species | Anticla Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apatelodes Packard, 1905 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758 | Mulberry silkmoths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colla Walker, 1782 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Drepatelodes Draudt, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ephoria Walker, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epia Hübner, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Moeschleria Saalmüller, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Olceclostera Butler, 1910 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Quentalia Schaus, 1887 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Antilles
20 Species | Anticla antica Walker, 1855 | | | Apatelodes albipunctata Druce, 1898 | | | Apatelodes lepida Schaus, 1905 | | | Apatelodes merlona Schaus, 1939 | | | Apatelodes pandarioides Schaus, 1905 | | | Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758 | Common silk moth | | Colla coelestis Schaus, 1910 | | | Colla rhodope Drury, 1782 | | | Drepatelodes umbrillinea Schaus, 1905 | | | Ephoria lybia Dognin, 1924 | | | Epia casnonia Druce, 1887 | | | Epia muscosa Butler, 1878 | | | Moeschleria hulstii Möschler, 1890 | | | Olceclostera amoria Druce, 1890 | | | Olceclostera indentata Schaus, 1910 | | | Olceclostera magniplaga Schaus, 1910 | | | Olceclostera nigripuncta Schaus, 1910 | | | Quentalia chromana Schaus, 1929 | | | Quentalia ephonia Stoll, 1790 | | | Quentalia veca Druce, 1887 | |
Subnodes of Bombycidae with occurrences in Antilles
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