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Bombyx Boisduval, 1828

Higher taxa: Lasiocampidae (family)/  Lasiocampinae (subfamily)/  Gastropachini (tribe)/  Bombyx (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Gastropacha
Authorship:Boisduval, 1828
Citation:Bombyx
Taxon remarks:Type species: Phalaena quercifolia Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1: 497. By subsequent designation by Fletcher & Nye, 1982. – In: Nye, Generic Names Moths World 4: 69. A junior homonym of Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758, and a junior objective synonym of Gastropacha Ochsenheimer, 1810.
Publication:Boisduval J. B. A. 1828. Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus. Pars 1. Sistens genera Papilio, Sphinx, Bombyx et Noctua Lin.
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Pagination:48