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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Bombyx

Higher classification
  
Bombycidae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Family
  
Bombycidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Silkworm, Insect, Bombycidae, Butterflies and moths, Bombyx mandarina

Bombyx is the genus of true silkmoths or mulberry silkmoths of the family Bombycidae. For a few thousand years, people only recognised two species, but then several other less important species were discovered, and the genus contains two tested hybrid species, a semi-natural cross between a female Bombyx mori and a male Bombyx mandarina, and another hybrid the other way around from the first.

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Silkmoth bombyx mori spinning the cocoon


Species

  • Bombyx horsfieldi (Moore, 1860)
  • Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847
  • Bombyx incomposita van Eecke, 1929
  • Bombyx lemeepauli Lemée, 1950
  • Bombyx mandarina, wild silkmoth
  • Bombyx mori, domesticated silkmoth. "Silkworm" is the name usually applied to the caterpillars of this species. They have lost the ability to fly.
  • Bombyx rotundapex Miyata & Kishida, 1990
  • Bombyx shini Park and Sohn, 2002

    • Hybrids

  • Bombyx Hybrid, a hybrid between B. mori and B. mandarina
  • Bombyx second Hybrid, a hybrid between a male B. mori and a female B. mandarina. It is completely dependent on humans to survive.

    • Food

    The caterpillars feed on Moraceae, especially on mulberries (Morus). Domesticated silkworms may be fed artificial mulberry chow.

    References

    Bombyx Wikipedia
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