Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille 1802 (moth)

Insecta - Lepidoptera

Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième 1-467

Parent taxon: Macroheterocera according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012

See also van Nieukerken et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Geometroidea, Noctuoidea

Subtaxa: Bombycidae Saturniidae Sphingidae Sphingides

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Peru (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Tanzania (1)

• Miocene of China (1), Germany (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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