Dutch species names of Superfamily Bombycoidea (Hawk-moths)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Dutch species names of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	322 33641 568299	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802

Family	Apatelodidae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 American Silkworm Moths, Apatelodid Moths	7 18	Genera Species
Family	Bombycidae Latreille, 1802 Lappet moths, Silkworm Moths, Silkworms	95 1433	Genera Species
Family	Brahmaeidae Swinhoe, 1892 Brahmin Moths	10 107	Genera Species
Family	Carthaeidae Common, 1966 Australian Silkworm Moths, Australian Silkworms	1 11	Genus Species
Family	Cercophanidae Jordan, 1924 ⇒ Cercophaninae Andean Moon Moths	1 0	Genus Species
Family	Endromidae Boisduval, 1828 Glory Moths, Kentish Glory	3 21	Genera Species
Family	Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892 Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths	100 951	Genera Species
Family	Hibrildidae Berger, 1958 ⇒ Eupterotidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Lemoniidae Hampson, 1918 Autumn Silkworm Moths	6 92	Genera Species
Family	Mirinidae Kozlov, 1985 ⇒ Endromidae	1 4	Genus Species
Family	Oxytenidae Jordan, 1924 ⇒ Oxyteninae Tropical American Silkworm Moths	1 0	Genus Species
Family	Phiditiidae Minet, 1994 ⇒ Phiditiinae	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal	344 8362	Genera Species
Family	Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms	449 7314	Genera Species

Synonyms

Lasiocampoidea (Harris, 1841)

Sphingoidea (Dyar, 1902)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Bombycoidea

German	Spinner und Schwärmer
English	Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
Finnish	Karvakehrääjät, Kehrääjämäiset, Kiitäjät, Kirjokehrääjät, Maitiaiskehrääjät, Riikinkukkokehrääjät

Distribution and Species lists of Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802

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Afghanistan
3 Families  23 Genera  41 SpeciesAlbania
4 Families  42 Genera  64 SpeciesAlgeria
4 Families  32 Genera  56 SpeciesAndorra
3 Families  33 Genera  50 SpeciesAngola
5 Families  94 Genera  268 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
4 Families  19 Genera  21 SpeciesArgentina
5 Families  127 Genera  363 SpeciesArmenia
3 Families  24 Genera  37 SpeciesAustralia
8 Families  94 Genera  211 SpeciesAustria
5 Families  35 Genera  73 SpeciesAzerbaijan
5 Families  19 Genera  31 SpeciesBahamas
2 Families  20 Genera  34 SpeciesBahrain
1 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesBangladesh
3 Families  21 Genera  29 SpeciesBarbados
2 Families  15 Genera  17 SpeciesBelarus
4 Families  16 Genera  25 SpeciesBelgium
5 Families  43 Genera  70 SpeciesBelize
3 Families  56 Genera  144 SpeciesBenin
2 Families  24 Genera  46 SpeciesBhutan
5 Families  29 Genera  39 SpeciesBolivia
4 Families  104 Genera  424 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
5 Families  29 Genera  46 SpeciesBotswana
3 Families  34 Genera  47 SpeciesBrazil
6 Families  168 Genera  741 SpeciesBrunei
3 Families  21 Genera  32 SpeciesBulgaria
4 Families  31 Genera  56 SpeciesBurkina Faso
3 Families  48 Genera  94 SpeciesBurundi
4 Families  23 Genera  37 SpeciesCambodia
3 Families  15 Genera  18 SpeciesCameroon
5 Families  107 Genera  546 SpeciesCanada
4 Families  66 Genera  158 SpeciesCape Verde
2 Families  28 Genera  42 SpeciesCentral African Republic
5 Families  86 Genera  311 SpeciesChad
2 Families  28 Genera  48 SpeciesChile
4 Families  34 Genera  63 SpeciesChina
8 Families  127 Genera  385 SpeciesColombia
6 Families  128 Genera  413 SpeciesComoros
2 Families  23 Genera  56 SpeciesCook Islands
1 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesCosta Rica
6 Families  118 Genera  472 SpeciesCroatia
4 Families  30 Genera  53 SpeciesCuba
4 Families  77 Genera  187 SpeciesCyprus
2 Families  20 Genera  25 SpeciesCzech Republic
5 Families  34 Genera  52 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
6 Families  127 Genera  713 SpeciesDenmark
5 Families  21 Genera  39 SpeciesDjibouti
2 Families  15 Genera  22 SpeciesDominica
1 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesDominican Republic
1 Families  19 Genera  44 SpeciesEast Timor
2 Families  15 Genera  28 SpeciesEcuador
6 Families  125 Genera  430 SpeciesEgypt
2 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesEl Salvador
3 Families  16 Genera  20 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
5 Families  62 Genera  162 SpeciesEritrea
5 Families  38 Genera  68 SpeciesEstonia
4 Families  21 Genera  32 SpeciesEthiopia
6 Families  76 Genera  198 SpeciesFiji
2 Families  13 Genera  26 SpeciesFinland
4 Families  18 Genera  33 SpeciesFrance
7 Families  118 Genera  242 SpeciesGabon
5 Families  95 Genera  398 SpeciesGambia
5 Families  41 Genera  68 SpeciesGeorgia
3 Families  46 Genera  74 SpeciesGermany
6 Families  52 Genera  96 SpeciesGhana
5 Families  81 Genera  202 SpeciesGreece
4 Families  57 Genera  106 SpeciesGrenada
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesGuatemala
5 Families  83 Genera  210 SpeciesGuinea
5 Families  60 Genera  145 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
2 Families  8 Genera  14 SpeciesGuyana
4 Families  45 Genera  120 SpeciesHaiti
2 Families  12 Genera  19 SpeciesHonduras
4 Families  85 Genera  254 SpeciesHungary
4 Families  24 Genera  44 SpeciesIceland
3 Families  18 Genera  27 SpeciesIndia
6 Families  158 Genera  548 SpeciesIndonesia
6 Families  97 Genera  389 SpeciesIran
5 Families  42 Genera  75 SpeciesIraq
1 Families  5 Genera  11 SpeciesIreland
3 Families  18 Genera  24 SpeciesIsrael
2 Families  9 Genera  13 SpeciesItaly
6 Families  45 Genera  93 SpeciesIvory Coast
5 Families  70 Genera  218 SpeciesJamaica
2 Families  29 Genera  59 SpeciesJapan
6 Families  77 Genera  169 SpeciesJordan
3 Families  10 Genera  10 SpeciesKazakhstan
2 Families  12 Genera  22 SpeciesKenya
6 Families  111 Genera  502 SpeciesKuwait
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
2 Families  13 Genera  22 SpeciesLaos
4 Families  29 Genera  34 SpeciesLatvia
4 Families  15 Genera  25 SpeciesLebanon
2 Families  18 Genera  24 SpeciesLesotho
3 Families  24 Genera  30 SpeciesLiberia
4 Families  114 Genera  283 SpeciesLibya
1 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesLiechtenstein
2 Families  10 Genera  15 SpeciesLithuania
6 Families  25 Genera  33 SpeciesLuxembourg
4 Families  17 Genera  25 SpeciesMadagascar
4 Families  52 Genera  216 SpeciesMalawi
6 Families  106 Genera  354 SpeciesMalaysia
6 Families  77 Genera  198 SpeciesMaldives
1 Families  5 Genera  8 SpeciesMali
2 Families  20 Genera  29 SpeciesMalta
2 Families  9 Genera  14 SpeciesMarshall Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesMauritania
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesMauritius
2 Families  18 Genera  33 SpeciesMexico
7 Families  149 Genera  640 SpeciesMicronesia
3 Families  17 Genera  32 SpeciesMoldova
1 Families  11 Genera  17 SpeciesMongolia
2 Families  9 Genera  16 SpeciesMontenegro
2 Families  9 Genera  11 SpeciesMorocco
3 Families  16 Genera  29 SpeciesMozambique
6 Families  97 Genera  217 SpeciesMyanmar
5 Families  56 Genera  98 SpeciesNamibia
4 Families  55 Genera  95 SpeciesNepal
5 Families  91 Genera  221 SpeciesNetherlands
5 Families  45 Genera  82 SpeciesNew Zealand
3 Families  20 Genera  24 SpeciesNicaragua
4 Families  43 Genera  82 SpeciesNiger
3 Families  19 Genera  25 SpeciesNigeria
5 Families  86 Genera  268 SpeciesNiue
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNorth Korea
4 Families  13 Genera  17 SpeciesNorway
4 Families  32 Genera  56 SpeciesOman
1 Families  12 Genera  15 SpeciesPakistan
5 Families  43 Genera  72 SpeciesPalau
3 Families  13 Genera  16 SpeciesPalestine
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesPanama
5 Families  93 Genera  252 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
5 Families  38 Genera  91 SpeciesParaguay
3 Families  59 Genera  135 SpeciesPeru
6 Families  100 Genera  382 SpeciesPhilippines
5 Families  66 Genera  177 SpeciesPoland
4 Families  24 Genera  42 SpeciesPortugal
4 Families  18 Genera  30 SpeciesQatar
1 Families  5 Genera  8 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
3 Families  40 Genera  112 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
6 Families  139 Genera  457 SpeciesRomania
4 Families  27 Genera  48 SpeciesRussia
7 Families  63 Genera  153 SpeciesRwanda
6 Families  66 Genera  148 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
2 Families  10 Genera  11 SpeciesSaint Lucia
1 Families  11 Genera  15 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesSamoa
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSan Marino
2 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
2 Families  15 Genera  34 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
4 Families  18 Genera  28 SpeciesSenegal
5 Families  37 Genera  63 SpeciesSerbia
2 Families  13 Genera  24 SpeciesSeychelles
2 Families  11 Genera  23 SpeciesSierra Leone
5 Families  71 Genera  203 SpeciesSingapore
4 Families  26 Genera  43 SpeciesSlovakia
4 Families  18 Genera  30 SpeciesSlovenia
4 Families  24 Genera  43 SpeciesSolomon Islands
4 Families  43 Genera  74 SpeciesSomalia
4 Families  40 Genera  64 SpeciesSomaliland
4 Families  23 Genera  34 SpeciesSouth Korea
5 Families  46 Genera  88 SpeciesSouth Sudan
3 Families  22 Genera  40 SpeciesSpain
6 Families  74 Genera  136 SpeciesSri Lanka
4 Families  43 Genera  127 SpeciesSudan
2 Families  30 Genera  67 SpeciesSuriname
3 Families  61 Genera  165 SpeciesSweden
7 Families  65 Genera  121 SpeciesSwitzerland
6 Families  36 Genera  50 SpeciesSyria
2 Families  13 Genera  18 SpeciesTaiwan
5 Families  90 Genera  245 SpeciesTajikistan
3 Families  16 Genera  26 SpeciesTanzania
6 Families  125 Genera  748 SpeciesThailand
6 Families  101 Genera  281 SpeciesTogo
5 Families  56 Genera  124 SpeciesTonga
1 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesTransnistria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
4 Families  61 Genera  147 SpeciesTunisia
4 Families  12 Genera  17 SpeciesTurkey
6 Families  39 Genera  99 SpeciesTurkmenistan
3 Families  9 Genera  18 SpeciesTuvalu
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUganda
6 Families  106 Genera  406 SpeciesUkraine
4 Families  24 Genera  49 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
1 Families  6 Genera  10 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
6 Families  74 Genera  137 SpeciesUruguay
3 Families  34 Genera  51 SpeciesUSA
6 Families  172 Genera  555 SpeciesUzbekistan
3 Families  13 Genera  21 SpeciesVanuatu
1 Families  7 Genera  16 SpeciesVenezuela
5 Families  77 Genera  251 SpeciesVietnam
6 Families  69 Genera  153 SpeciesYemen
3 Families  21 Genera  44 SpeciesZambia
6 Families  101 Genera  331 SpeciesZimbabwe
6 Families  104 Genera  283 Species

Distribution on islands

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
2 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesGreen River Formation
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesMuch Wenlock Limestone Formation
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesRott Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species

Links, sources and further information

Bombycoidea at artfakta.se
Bombycoidea at dyntaxa.se
Bombycoidea at itis.gov