Checklist of Family Bombycidae Latreille, 1802 (Lappet moths)
for Caribbean islands (Caribbean)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 643
11825
35784 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 639
11810
35753 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 614
11665
35378 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 380
9246
28594 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 84
3275
9090 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 84
3275
9090 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 82
3270
9086 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 29
2100
6074 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 26
1959
5709 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 7
135
368 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Bombycidae
Latreille, 1802
Lappet moths, Silkworm Moths, Silkworms | 13
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Caribbean islands
13 Genera with 28 Species | Anticla Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apatelodes Packard, 1905 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758 | Mulberry silkmoths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colla Walker, 1782 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Compsa Perty, 1867 | | 1 | 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 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Phiditia Möschler, 1924 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Quentalia Schaus, 1887 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Zolessia Biezanko & M..., 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Caribbean islands
28 Species | Anticla antica Walker, 1855 | | | Apatelodes albipunctata Druce, 1898 | | | Apatelodes lepida Schaus, 1905 | | | Apatelodes merlona Schaus, 1939 | | | Apatelodes nina Stoll, 1782 | | | Apatelodes pandara Druce, 1893 | | | Apatelodes pandarioides Schaus, 1905 | | | Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758 | Common silk moth | | Colla coelestis Schaus, 1910 | | | Colla rhodope Drury, 1782 | | | Compsa macra Thomson, 1867 | | | 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 irrorata Butler, 1878 | | | Olceclostera magniplaga Schaus, 1910 | | | Olceclostera maya Schaus, 1892 | | | Olceclostera nigripuncta Schaus, 1910 | | | Phiditia cuprea Kaye, 1901 | | | Phiditia minor Schaus, 1924 | | | Quentalia chromana Schaus, 1929 | | | Quentalia ephonia Stoll, 1790 | | | Quentalia veca Druce, 1887 | | | Zolessia cuprea (Kaye, 1901) | ⇒ Phiditia cuprea Kaye, 1901 |
Subnodes of Bombycidae with occurrences in Caribbean islands
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