BOMBYCOIDEA
(silk moths, emperor etc.)

BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
SATURNIIDAE
emperor moths
Family 1 subtaxa 4 trophisms 1 references
SPHINGIDAE
hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth
Family 13 subtaxa 36 trophisms 12 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyBOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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Ford, R.L.E. 1963 *** The Observer’s Book of Larger Moths ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 14, Revised edition edition, 224pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Heath, J. & Skelton, M.J. 1973 Provisional atlas of the insects of the British Isles. Part 2: Lepidoptera (Moths - part one) 102pp, Biological Records Centre

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 300 images of BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
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