bombycid moth

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bombycid moth - moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk

moth - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae

Bombycidae, family Bombycidae - Chinese silkworm moth

Bombyx mori, domestic silkworm moth, domesticated silkworm moth - stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce

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Chu & Wang (1993) reported 9 genera and 28 species of Chinese bombycid moths, in which 10 new species were described.

A new genus, valvaribifidum (lepidoptera, bombycidae), with description of a new species from China

Fagara is made with the silk of the saturniid moth Attacus atlas, one of the world's largest moths, while eri is made from the silk of the bombycid moths Samia ricini and S.