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The identity of some unrecognized Neotropical Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera) described by Francis Walker

Three genera and four species of Neotropical Bombycoidea described by Francis Walker, formerly unrecognized, are here identified. Six genera and five species are synonymized, one genus is revalidated, and one reinstated, and five new combinations are established.

Bombycoidea; Neotropical; nomenclature; Walker


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