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Bombycidae
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The Bombycidae are a family of moths known as silkworm moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori (Linnaeus), or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is Bombyx mandarina, also native to Asia.
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Bombycidae is a taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. It falls under the superfamily Bombycoidea and is commonly known as Silkworm Moths. The family is distinct from Nephilidae.
Records for this family are held by institutions including ECOSUR, MSU, UMNH, USNM, and DMNS. Specimens have been documented in Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. The family has 23,563 occurrences and 104 records, with 12 associated media items.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyBombycidae
Raupen des Seidenspinners in der Zucht Die Echten Spinner (Bombycidae) sind eine Familie der Schmetterlinge (Nachtfalter) die weltweit mit ca. 350 Arten vorkommt. Ihr Hauptverbreitungsgebiet sind die Tropen, wobei die meisten Arten im Orient und in der Neotropis leben. Abgesehen von Zuchtexemplaren fehlen sie in Europa.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 104
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Bombycidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, MSU, UMNH, USNM, DMNS, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Peru, Africa
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The Bombycidae are a family of moths known as silkworm moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori (Linnaeus), or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is Bombyx mandarina, also native to Asia.
==Taxonomy== The family was recently severely restricted, and currently contains only one or two subfamilies, the Bombycinae and Epiinae (previously the tribe Epiini). The former subfamilies Oberthueriinae and Prismostictinae have been placed as subjective junior synonyms of Endromidae. The former subfamilies Apatelodinae and Phiditiinae have been reinstated as separate families.
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