Bombycina

Bombycina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Clade:	Ditrysia
Section:	Cossina
Subsection:	Bombycina

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Bombycina is the name for a subsection of Ditrysian insects in order containing both butterflies and moths having a dorsal heart vessel. Subsection Bombycina contains generally larger sized moths and butterflies in the superfamilies Bombycoidea, Calliduloidea, Cimelioidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Noctuoidea, and Papilionoidea, having spineless pupae.^[1]

References

^ Capinera, John, editor (2008), Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd ed., Springer Verlag, New York, page 664

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[1] Capinera, John, editor (2008), Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd ed., Springer Verlag, New York, page 664

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