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Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea

Family

Bombycidae

Subfamily

Bombycinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758

Type Species

Phalaena mori Linnaeus, 1758

= Bumbyx; Fabricius ([1777]: 277) (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
= Minyas Savigny, 1816: 31 (TS: Minyas polygoni Savigny, 1816: 31; by monotypy)
= Theophila Moore, 1862: 315 (TS: Bombyx bengalensis Moore, 1862: 315) [but attributed to Hutton, an incorrect authorship]; by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892))
= Bombix; Mabille (1884: 31) (an incorrect subsequent spelling)

Species/Subspecies

Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847

Type Locality

Hills of Mussooree [Himachal Pradesh, India]

= Bombyx bengalensis Moore, 1862: 315 [but attributed to Hutton, an incorrect authorship] (TL. in the neighborhood of Calcutta [West Bengal])
= Bombyx sherwilli Hutton, [1865] 1864: 324 (TL. S.E. Himalayas)
= Bombyx affinis Hutton, 1864: 3 (TL. [India])

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Distribution

Specific Records

N.W. Himalaya; S.E. Himalayas; Calcutta

States/Union Territories

Assam, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, North East

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