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Checklist of Family Bombycidae Latreille, 1802 (Lappet moths)
for India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
701
14106
56149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
697
14097
56137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
660
13851
55355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
419
10816
46887
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
4150
15725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
4146
15716
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
4133
15674
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
31
2689
10523
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
26
2468
9761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
6
159
549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBombycidae
Latreille, 1802
Lappet moths, Silkworm Moths, Silkworms
20
47
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
20 Genera with 47 Species
Andraca Walker, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Aristhala Walker, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Bivincula Dierl, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Bombyx Linnaeus, 1793Mulberry silkmoths5SpeciesTaxom
Clenora Walker, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Comparmustilia1SpeciesTaxom
Ectrocta Moore, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Ernolatia Walker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Gunda Walker, 188311SpeciesTaxom
Mustilia Walker, 18797SpeciesTaxom
Mustilizans J.K. Yang, 20192SpeciesTaxom
Norasuma Walker, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Ocinara Walker, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Penicillifera Dierl, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Prismosticta Butler, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Rondotia Moore, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Rotunda1SpeciesTaxom
Theophila Hübner, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Trilocha Moore, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Triuncina Dierl, 18372SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
47 Species
Andraca (Andraca) bipunctata Walker, 1865Bunch Caterpillars
Andraca (Andraca) trilochoides Moore, 1865
Andraca angulata Kishida, 1993
Aristhala hainana (Walker, 1862)⇒ Gunda sikkima Walker, 1862
Bivincula kalikotei Dierl, 1978
Bivincula watsoni Dierl, 1978
Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847
Bombyx incomposita Van Eecke, 1929
Bombyx lugubris (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Emmelia trabealis Scopoli, 1763
Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758Common silk moth
Bombyx orientalis Fabricius, 1793
Clenora engonata (Swinhoe, 1899)⇒ Gunda engonata Swinhoe, 1899
Comparmustilia sphingiformis
Ectrocta diaphana (Hampson, 1892)⇒ Rondotia diaphana Hampson, 1893
Ernolatia moorei Hutton, 1865
Gunda apicalis (Hampson, 1892)⇒ Hoplojana politzari Basquin, 2013
Gunda engonata Swinhoe, 1899
Gunda hainana Walker, 1862
Gunda javanica Moore, 1872
Gunda leefmansi (Walker, 1862)⇒ Gunda sikkima Walker, 1862
Gunda ochracea Walker, 1862
Gunda richteri Weymer, 1890
Gunda sesostris Vuillot, 1893
Gunda sikkima Walker, 1862
Gunda sikkimia Moore, 1879
Gunda thwaitesii Moore, 1883
Mustilia (Mustilia) falcipennis Walker, 1865
Mustilia (Mustilia) sphingiformis Moore, 1879
Mustilia (Smerkata) phaeopera Hampson, 1910
Mustilia apodecta
Mustilia columbaris Butler, 1886
Mustilia hepatica (Moore, 1879)⇒ Mustilizans hepatica Moore, 1879
Mustilizans hepatica Moore, 1879
Mustilizans zolotuhini Chandra, Sin..., 2019
Norasuma javanica (Moore, 1872)⇒ Gunda richteri Weymer, 1890
Ocinara albicollis Walker, 1862
Penicillifera apicalis Walker, 1862
Penicillifera lactea Hutton, 1865
Penicillifera purpurascens Holloway, 1976
Prismosticta fenestrata Butler, 1880
Rondotia diaphana Hampson, 1893
Rondotia menciana Moore, 1885
Rotunda rotundapex Miyata & Kis..., 1990
Theophila religiosae (Helfer, 1837)⇒ Triuncina religiosae Helfer, 1837
Trilocha varians Moore, 1855Greenish silk-moth
Triuncina cervina Walker, 1865
Triuncina religiosae Helfer, 1837

Subnodes of Bombycidae with occurrences in India
SubfamilyBombycinae
Lemaire & Minet, 1998
13
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPrismostictinae
Forbes, 1955
Kentish Glory
4
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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