silkmoth
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English
Etymology
Noun
silkmoth (plural silkmoths)
- Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the familes Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the Lasiocampidae).
Derived terms
- ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia)
- Assam silkmoth (Antherea assamiensis, syn. Antheraeopsis assamensis)
- calleta silkmoth (Eupackardia calleta)
- ceanothus silkmoth (Hyalophora euryalus)
- cecrops eyed silkmoth (Automeris cecrops)
- Chinese oak silkmoth (Antherea pernyi)
- Columbia silkmoth (Hyalophora columbia)
- cricula silkmoth (Cricula trifenestrate)
- domestic silkmoth (Bombyx mori)
- eri silkmoth (Samia cynthia ricini)
- Forbes' silkmoth (Rothschildia forbesi)
- ghostly silkmoth (Ceranchia)
- Glover's silkmoth (Hyalophora gloveri)
- greasewood silkmoth (Agapema anona)
- iris eyed silkmoth (Automeris iris)
- Japanese oak silkmoth (Antherea yamamai)
- Japanese silkmoth (Antherea yamamai)
- Jonasi silkmoth (Caligula jonasi)
- larch silkmoth (Hyalophora columbia)
- Louisiana silkmoth (Automeris louisiana)
- mulberry silkmoth (Bombyx mori)
- Patagonia eyed silkmoth (Automeris patagoniensis)
- promethea silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)
- Siberian silkmoth (Dendrolimus sibiricus)
- spicebush silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)
- Sri Lankan cricula silkmoth (Cricula ceylonica)
- sweetbay silkmoth (Callosamia securifera)
- tuliptree silkmoth (Callosamia angulifera)
- wild silkmoth (Bombyx mandarina)
- zephyr eyed silkmoth (Automeris zephyria)
