BOMBYCOIDEA
(silk moths, emperor etc.)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
SATURNIIDAE emperor moths					Family	1 subtaxa	68 images	1 ident. refs
SPHINGIDAE hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth					Family	14 subtaxa	232 images	10 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Superfamily	BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
Clade	Macrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
Clade	Obtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

BOMBYCOIDEA is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Apoditrysia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J.	1991	Lasiocampidae to Thyatiridae (vol 7(2))	The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 7 (Part 2), Harley Books
	Ford, R.L.E.	1963	* The Observer’s Book of Larger Moths *(Superseded)	Observer's Books, No 14, Revised edition edition, 224pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Macrolepidoptera
(macro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 40 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

BOMBYCOIDEA is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)