Taxonomy Profile: Saturniinae (Boisduval 1837)

Saturniinae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Subfamily
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Saturniinae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Lepidoptera
butterflies |
moths |
Borboleta |
Mariposa |
papillons |
papillons de nuit |
Superfamily : Bombycoidea
Family : Saturniidae
giant silkworm moths |
royal moths |
Subfamily : Saturniinae
Saturniinae Direct Children(s):
Attacini
(Linnaeus 1767)
Saturniini
(Boisduval 1837)
Saturniinae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS
Acquired:
2005-12-01
Notes:
Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published
Reference for:
Saturniinae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Lemaire, Claude, and Joël Minet / Kristensen, N. P., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Chapter 18: The Bombycoidea and their relatives
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of Zoology, vol. 4: Arthropoda: Insecta, part 35: Lepidoptera, Moths and butterflies, vol. 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography
Page(s):
321-353
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter, Inc.
Publication Place:
Hawthorne, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
3-11-015704-7/
Notes:
Reference for:
Saturniinae
Saturniinae: Geographic Information
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Saturniinae: Comments