The Bombycidae are a family of moths known as silkworm moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori (Linnaeus), or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is Bombyx mandarina, also native to Asia.
Taxonomy The family was recently severely restricted, and currently contains only one or two subfamilies, the Bombycinae and Epiinae (previously the tribe Epiini). The former subfamilies Oberthueriinae and Prismostictinae have been placed as subjective junior synonyms of Endromidae. The former subfamilies Apatelodinae and Phiditiinae have been reinstated as separate families.Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236
Genera This list is provisional. Epia may be placed within Apatelodidae. Some genera were formerly placed in Apatelodinae, such as Anticla and Quentalia.Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Dexter, K. et al. Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives. BMC Evol Biol 19, 182 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1505-1
Amusaron Anticla Walker, 1855 Bivincula Bivinculata Bombyx Colla Dalailama Elachyophtalma Epia Ernolatia Gastridiota Gnathocinara Gunda Moeschleria Ocinara Penicillifera Quentalia Schaus, 1929 Racinoa Rondotia Trilocha Triuncina Valvaribifidum Vinculinula Vingerhoedtia
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database List of Bombycidae Types (Museum Witt München).