Silkworms [1] ( Bombyx ) - a genus of butterflies from the family Real silkworms . Caterpillars feed on plants of the Mulberry family ( Moraceae ), especially the genus Mulberry ( Morus ) [2] .
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Bombyx mandarina | ||||||||||||
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| Bombyx Linnaeus , 1758 |
Views
Includes views:
- Wild silkworm
- Silkworm
- Bombyx horsfieldi (Moore, 1860)
- Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847
- Bombyx incomposita van Eecke, 1929
- Bombyx lemeepauli Lemée, 1950
- Bombyx rotundapex Miyata & Kishida, 1990
- Bombyx shihi Park and Sohn, 2002
Notes
- ↑ Gornostaev G.N. Insects of the USSR. - Moscow: Thought, 1970 .-- 372 p. - (Reference guides to the geographer and traveler).
- ↑ K. Thangavelu. Conservation status of silkworm genetic resources in India // Conservation Status of Sericulture Germplasm Resources in the World - II. Conservation Status of Silkworm (Bombyx Mori) Genetic Resources in the World / Kee-Wook Sohn. - Food and Agriculture Organization , 2003.