Apatelodidae

Apatelodidae
Apatelodes torrefacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Bombycoidea
Family:Apatelodidae
Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Synonyms

Apatelodinae

Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They belong to the hawkmoth, silkworm and relatives superfamily Bombycoidea.[1][2]

Distribution

Species are exclusively found in the New World, with the highest diversity in the Neotropical ecozone.

Diversity

The family consists of about 17 genera and about 250 species.

Taxonomy

There is only one subfamily (Apatelodinae) with the removal of the Phiditiidae as a separate family, and the more recently-resolved placement of Epiinae; historically, Apatelodinae, Epiinae, and Phiditiinae were all placed in the Bombycidae.

References

  1. ↑ "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31–43. 2010-09-30. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. ↑ 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
  • ACG Page of images of Apatelodidae from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica.


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