Lasiocampoidea
| Lasiocampoidea | |
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| Oak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Lasiocampoidea |
| Families | |
| Diversity | |
| over 1,600 species | |
Lasiocampoidea is the superfamily of "lappet moths", containing two families of small to very large moths. The Lasiocampidae have a global distribution, while the Anthelidae ("Australian lappet moths") are found only in Australia and New Zealand. About 158 genera are known.[1]
The group is closely related to the Bombycoidea and sometimes merged therein.
References
Further reading
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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