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Checklist for Family Bombycidae Latreille, 1802 (Lappet moths)
and region Sweden (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
764
12793
52013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
759
12781
51993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
12594
51549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
466
10609
46529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
83
2522
7531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
82
2519
7522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
2506
7483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
26
1674
4777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
22
1513
4074
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
7
65
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBombycidae
Latreille, 1802
Lappet moths, Silkworm Moths, Silkworms
6
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sweden
6 Genera with 13 Species
Anticla Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Apatelodes Packard, 17972SpeciesTaxom
Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758Mulberry silkmoths5SpeciesTaxom
Olceclostera Butler, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Quentalia Schaus, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Zanola Walker, 17771SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sweden
13 Species
Anticla antica Walker, 1855
Apatelodes pudefacta Dyar, 1904
Apatelodes torrefacta Smith, 1797Spotted Apatalodes
Bombyx cygnea Thunberg, 1788
Bombyx dispar Thunberg, 1784
Bombyx elegans (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Diaphone eumela Stoll, 1781
Bombyx lunigera (Paykull, 1793)⇒ Cosmotriche lobulina Denis & Schi..., 1775
Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758Common silk moth
Quentalia maevia Druce, 1898
Quentalia melchthala Schaus, 1929
Quentalia numalia Schaus, 1929
Quentalia subumbrata Dognin, 1922
Zanola verago Cramer, 1777

Subnodes of Bombycidae with occurrences in Sweden
SubfamilyApatelodinae
Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Apatelodines
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBombycinae
Lemaire & Minet, 1998
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Bombycidae at gbif.org
Bombycidae at irmng.org
Bombycidae at itis.gov