Lasiocampoidea
| Lasiocampoidea | |
|---|---|
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| Oak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Clade: | Obtectomera |
| Clade: | Macroheterocera |
| Superfamily: | Lasiocampoidea |
| Families | |
| Diversity | |
| over 2,000 species | |
Lasiocampoidea is the superfamily of "lappet moths" (Lasiocampidae), containing one family of small to very large moths.
The group is closely related to the Bombycoidea and sometimes merged therein.
References
Further reading
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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