Saturniidae (family)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Arthropoda (phylum) > Hexapoda (subphylum) > Insecta (class) > Lepidoptera (order) > Bombycoidea (superfamily)
Descripción
Members of a family containing 1,500 species of large moths, some of which spin thick, silken cocoons and are sometimes used to produce commercial silk.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- 天蠶蛾科 (科) [zh]
- tiān cán é kē [zh]
- tian can e ke [zh]
- t'ien ts'an e k'o [zh]
- giant silkworm moths [en]
- giant silkworm moth [en]
- saturniids [en]