Lasiocampoidea
Lasiocampoidea is the superfamily of "lappet moths" (Lasiocampidae), containing one family of small to very large moths.
| Lasiocampoidea | |
|---|---|
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| Oak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| (unranked): | Obtectomera |
| Clade: | Macroheterocera |
| Superfamily: | Lasiocampoidea |
| Families | |
| Diversity | |
| over 2,000 species | |
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
External links
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