The Bombycidae are a family of known as silkworm moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori (Carl Linnaeus), or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is Bombyx mandarina, also native to Asia.
Taxonomy
The family was recently severely restricted, and currently contains only one or two subfamilies, the Bombycinae and Epiinae (previously the tribe Epiini). The former subfamilies Oberthueriinae and Prismostictinae have been placed as subjective junior synonyms of
Genera
This list is provisional.
Epia may also be placed within
Apatelodidae, along with
Tamphana. Some genera were formerly placed in Apatelodinae, such as
Anticla and
Quentalia
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