What is Bombycoidea?
{{Automatic taxobox | image = Acherontia atropos MHNT.jpg | image_caption = [[Death's-head hawkmoth]], ''Acherontia atropos'' | display_parents = | taxon = Bombycoidea | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = [[Anthelidae]]<br/> [[Apatelodidae]]<br/> [[Bombycidae]]<br/> [[Brahmaeidae]] (syn: [[Lemoniidae]])<br/> [[Carthaeidae]]<br/> [[Endromidae]] (syn: [[Mirinidae]])<br/> [[Eupterotidae]]<br/> [[Phiditiidae]]<br/> [[Saturniidae]]<br/> [[Sphingidae]] | diversity = Over 3,500 species | diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity | synonyms = Sphingoidea }} '''Bombycoidea''' is a [[superfamily]] of [[moths]]. It has the silk moths, emperor moths, sphinx moths, and relatives of those. Lasiocampoidea are close relatives. They used to be in this group. They now, however, have 10 [[Family (biology)|families]].<ref>Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236</ref> Their [[Larva|larvae]] usually have horns.<ref>''Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders'', edited by Christopher O'Toole, {{ISBN|1-55297-612-2}}, 2002</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q133694}} [[Category:Moths]] {{biology-stub}}