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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea)

Superfamily Bombycoidea - Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths

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Snowberry Clearwing - Hemaris diffinis amazing little creature. Curled tongue which straightens to get necture. Bat-like ears. Northern California - Hemaris thetis Alope Sphinx - Erinnyis alope Polyphemus Moth caterpillar - Antheraea polyphemus Polyphemus, fresh adult - Antheraea polyphemus - male Yellow Caterpillar with Red Spots - Actias luna Green caterpillar with fuzzy green tufts and white and black side stripes - Automeris io Manduca quinquemaculatus
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 28 February, 2006 - 10:25pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 19 August, 2018 - 5:59am

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