Caterpillars of the domestic silk moth (Bombyx mori), age 30 days
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Bombycoidea
Family:
Bombycidae Leach in Samouelle, 1819[1][2]
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Bombycites Latreille, 1809[3]
The Bombycidae are a family of moths known as silkworm moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori (Linnaeus), or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is Bombyx mandarina, also native to Asia.
^Samouelle, G. (1819). "Lepidoptera". The Entomologist's Useful Compendium. London: Thomas Boys. pp. 234–256.
^Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri: Jent et Gassmann.
^Latreille, P. A. (1809). Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum. Vol. 4. Parisiis: Amand Kœnig.
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