Lasiocampoidea is the superfamily of "lappet moths

Moths

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", containing two families of small to very large moths. Lasiocampidae

Lasiocampidae

The Lasiocampidae family of moths are also known as eggars, snout moths or lappet moths. There are over 2000 species worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied....

 have a global distribution, whilst Anthelidae

Anthelidae

Anthelidae is a family of Australian lappet moths in the Lepidoptera order. It was previously included in the Lasiocampoidea superfamily, but a recent study resulted in reincluding the family in the superfamily Bombycoidea.-Diversity:...

 ("Australian lappet moths") are found only in Australia and New Zealand. There are about 158 genera

Genus

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. See Lemaire and Minet (1999) for a detailed overview.

The group is closely related to the Bombycoidea

Bombycoidea

Bombycoidea is a superfamily of moths. It contains the silk moths, emperor moths, sphinx moths and relatives. The Lasiocampoidea are close relatives and sometimes merged in the present group. Their larvae exhibit horns.-Sources:...

and sometimes merged therein.

Sources

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002