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Superfamily Bombycoidea - Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths

Abbott's Sphinx - Sphecodina abbottii 7709 Honey Locust Moth  - Syssphinx bicolor Tobacco hornworm crochets on prolegs - Manduca sexta Manduca sexta Dolba hyloeus? - Dolba hyloeus Callosamia promethea Deidamia inscriptum? - Deidamia inscriptum green caterpillar - Hemaris diffinis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Print References
Kitching et al. 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e22236. (1)
Packard, A.S. 1895. Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 7: 5-390
Works Cited
1.A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
Kitching, I., R. Rougerie, A. Zwick, C. Hamilton, R. St Laurent, S. Naumann, L. Ballesteros Mejia, A. Kawahara. 2018. Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e22236.