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Taxon:
Family
Bombycidae
Latreille, 1802
- silkworm moths
(moth)
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Bombycoidea (Superfamily)
..Allotoma (Genus)
..Anthelidae (Family) - Australian lappet moths
..Apatelodidae (Family) - American silkworm moths
..Brahmaeidae (Family) - Brahmin moths
..Carthaeidae (Family) - Australian silkworm moths
..Endromidae (Family) - glory moths
..Eupterotidae (Family) - giant lappet moths
..Phiditiidae (Family)
..Saturniidae (Family) - emperor moths
..Sphingidae (Family) - hawk moths
..Bombycidae (Family) - silkworm moths
....Bivincula (Genus)
....Bivinculata (Genus)
....Bombycinae (Subfamily)
....Clenora (Genus)
....Dalailama (Genus)
....Ectrocta (Genus)
....Elachyophtalma (Genus)
....Epiinae (Subfamily)
....Ernolatia (Genus)
....Gnathocinara (Genus)
....Hanisa (Genus)
....Moeschleria (Genus)
....Naprepa (Genus)
....Norasuma (Genus)
....Penicillifera (Genus)
....Pseudandraca (Genus)
....Rondotia (Genus)
....Trilocha (Genus)
....Triuncina (Genus)
....Vinculinula (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Latreille, [1802], orth. corr.
Original name
:
Latreille, [1802].
In
Sonnini's Buffon,
Hist. Nat. Gén. Partic. Crust. Ins.
3
: 404.
Subsequent spelling
:
Attributes
Justified emendation of suffix ("orth. corr.") [ICZN, 1999: Art. 34.1 (family)]
Ref:
ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450
: 258 ("correction").
Name placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]
Ref:
ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450
: Ruling (5)(a) (p. 258: "Name No. 135").
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Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Bombycinae
(Subfamily)
Latreille, 1802
Ref:
N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007
: 745.
[implicit]
Type, by designation under the plenary power
:
Bombyx
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: Ruling (1)(b)(1)(3) (p. 254; p. 258).
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Variants
Subsequent spelling
:
Bombycides
(Family)
Latreille, 1802, orth. inval.
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: 258, 259.
Incorrect spelling
:
Bombyces
(Tribe)
Horsfield & Moore, 1858-1859, orth. inval.
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: 260; 259.
Incorrect spelling
:
Bombycides
(Family)
Latreille, 1802, orth. inval.
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: 258, 259.
Incorrect spelling
:
Bombycites
(Family)
Latreille, 1809, orth. inval.
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: 259.
Incorrect spelling
:
Bombycodea
(Family)
Burmeister, 1837, orth. inval.
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: 260; 259.
Incorrect spelling
:
Bombyxia
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815, orth. inval.
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: 259.
Synonyms
Including
:
Apatelodidae
(Family)
Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Ref:
B. Pitkin & P. Jenkins, 2002-present
: 27 Jan 2013.
[indirect]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
echte spinners
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
silkworm moths
Ref:
J.B. Heppner, 1998b
: 59.
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