AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Bombycidae Latreille, 1802 (Lappet moths)
and region West Asia (Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
690
11531
53121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
685
11504
53068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
653
11370
52741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
409
8977
44914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
79
3127
14201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
78
3119
14175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
75
3111
14164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
26
1923
8597
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
1719
7529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
6
85
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBombycidae
Latreille, 1802
Lappet moths, Silkworm Moths, Silkworms
6
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Asia
6 Genera with 10 Species
Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758Mulberry silkmoths4SpeciesTaxom
Epia Hübner, 01SpeciesTaxom
Gunda Walker, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Ocinara Walker, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Penicillifera Dierl, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Trilocha Moore, 18551SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Asia
10 Species
Bombyx helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Eilema deplanum Esper, 1787
Bombyx medicaginis (Borkhausen, 1793)⇒ Lasiocampa trifolii Denis & Schi..., 1775
Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758Common silk moth
Bombyx rufina Linnaeus, 1758
Epia capsivora
Gunda javanica Moore, 1872
Gunda ochracea Walker, 1862
Ocinara arabica Wiltshire, 1982
Penicillifera apicalis Walker, 1862
Trilocha varians Moore, 1855Greenish silk-moth

Subnodes of Bombycidae with occurrences in West Asia
SubfamilyBombycinae
Lemaire & Minet, 1998
6
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



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