Apatelodidae

Apatelodidae
Apatelodes torrefacta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: Apatelodidae
Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Apatelodinae
  • Zanolidae McDunnough, 1938[1]

Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea,[2][1] though they have in the past been considered a subfamily of Bombycidae.

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