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Taxon:
Family
Apatelodidae
Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
- American silkworm moths
(moth)
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Entity:
Bombycoidea (Superfamily)
..Allotoma (Genus)
..Anthelidae (Family) - Australian lappet moths
..Bombycidae (Family) - 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
..Apatelodidae (Family) - American silkworm moths
....Anticla (Genus)
....Arotros (Genus)
....Carnotena (Genus)
....Cheneya (Genus)
....Colabata (Genus)
....Drepatelodes (Genus)
....Falcatelodes (Genus)
....Hygrochroa (Genus)
....Olceclostera (Genus)
....Prothysana (Genus)
....Tamphana (Genus)
....Thelosia (Genus)
....Thyrioclostera (Genus)
....Zanola (Genus)
....Zolessia (Genus)
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Apatelodinae
(Subfamily)
Type
:
Apatelodes
(Genus)
Packard, 1864
Type, by synonymy
:
Hygrochroa
(Genus)
Hübner, [1823]
Variants
Former rank
:
Apatelodinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2011
: 217 (footnote 64).
[implicit]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Zanolidae
(Family)
Ref:
E.G. Munroe, 1982
: 644.
In
:
Bombycidae
(Family)
Latreille, 1802
Ref:
B. Pitkin & P. Jenkins, 2002-present
: 27 Jan 2013.
[indirect]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
American silkworm moths
Ref:
J.B. Heppner, 1998b
: 59.
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28 Aug 2026