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Apatelodidae
Sign in to saveApatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered a subfamily of Bombycidae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 240
- With media
- 160
- Family
- Apatelodidae
- Collections
- VPI, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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- Parent taxon
- Bombycoidea
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- Apatelodes torrefacta.jpg
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Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered a subfamily of Bombycidae.
==Distribution== Species are exclusively found in the New World, with the highest diversity in the Neotropical realm.
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