Lasiocampoidea | |
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Oak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Suborder: | Glossata |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
(unranked): | Ditrysia |
Superfamily: | Lasiocampoidea |
Families | |
Diversity | |
over 1,600 species |
Lasiocampoidea is the superfamily of "lappet moths", containing one family of small to very large moths.
The group is closely related to the Bombycoidea and sometimes merged therein.