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Taxon: Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (moth)
Classification by:

Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Count: [pp] 39p;20c;125o;1189f;24g;2s; †1p;6c;36o;209f;10g;5s
   Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
  Count: 10c;46o;766f;17g;2s; †5c;29o;208f;9g;3s
     Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
    Count: 10c;46o;766f;17g;2s; †5c;29o;208f;9g;3s
       Subphylum Hexapoda Latreille, 1825 see Epiclass Hexapoda Latreille, 1825
      Count: 4c;29o;309f;8g; †10o;35f;8g;2s
         Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
        Count: 29o;309f;8g; †10o;35f;8g;2s
           Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies, moths
          Count: [*] 133f;8g; †4f;8g;2s
             Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies, moths
            Count: [*] 133f;8g; †4f;8g;2s
               Suborder Glossata Fabricius, 1775
              Count: [*] 130f;8g
                 Clade Coelolepida Nielsen & Kristensen, 1996
                Count: [*] 129f;8g
                   Clade Myoglossata Kristensen & Nielsen, 1981
                  Count: [*] 127f;8g
                     Clade Neolepidoptera Packard, 1895
                    Count: [*] 126f;8g
                       Infraorder Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918
                      Count: [*] 120f;8g
                         Clade Eulepidoptera Kiriakoff, 1948
                        Count: [*] 118f;8g
                           Clade Ditrysia Börner, 1925
                          Count: [*] 110f;8g
                             Clade Apoditrysia Minet, 1983
                            Count: [*] 93f;6g
                               Clade Obtectomera Minet, 1986
                              Count: [*] 38f;3g
                                 Clade Macroheterocera Chapman, 1893
                                Count: [*] 24f;2g
                                   Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802
                                  Count: [*] 10f;1g
                                     01 ?Genus Allotoma Roepke, 1944
                                    Count: -
                                     02 Family Apatelodidae Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 - American silkworm moths
                                    Count: -
                                     03 Family Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892 - giant lappet moths
                                    Count: -
                                     04 Family Brahmaeidae Swinhoe, 1892 - Brahmin moths
                                    Count: -
                                     05 Family Phiditiidae Minet, 1994
                                    Count: -
                                     06 Family Anthelidae Turner, 1904 - Australian lappet moths
                                    Count: -
                                     07 Family Carthaeidae Common, 1966 [monotypic] - Australian silkworm moths
                                    Count: -
                                     08 Family Endromidae Boisduval, 1828 - glory moths
                                    Count: -
                                     09 Family Bombycidae Latreille, 1802 - silkworm moths
                                    Count: -
                                     10 Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 - emperor moths
                                    Count: -
                                     11 Family Sphingidae Samouelle, 1819 - hawk moths
                                    Count: -

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