Bombycidae
Bombycidae (silk moths, subclass Pterygota, order Lepidoptera) Family of moths with broad and generally brown wings. The antennae are bipectinate. The larvae spin very dense silk cocoons. There are few species, found mainly in tropical Africa and Asia.
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