silkmoth

English

Etymology

silk +‎ moth

Noun

silkmoth (plural silkmoths)

1. 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 ()
• Assam silkmoth (, syn. )
• calleta silkmoth ()
• ceanothus silkmoth ()
• cecrops eyed silkmoth ()
• Chinese oak silkmoth ()
• Columbia silkmoth ()
• cricula silkmoth ()
• domestic silkmoth (Bombyx mori)
• eri silkmoth ()
• Forbes' silkmoth ()
• ghostly silkmoth ()
• Glover's silkmoth ()
• greasewood silkmoth ()
• iris eyed silkmoth ()
• Japanese oak silkmoth ()
• Japanese silkmoth ()
• Jonasi silkmoth ()
• larch silkmoth ()
• Louisiana silkmoth ()
• mulberry silkmoth (Bombyx mori)
• Patagonia eyed silkmoth ()
• promethea silkmoth ()
• Siberian silkmoth ()
• spicebush silkmoth ()
• Sri Lankan cricula silkmoth ()
• sweetbay silkmoth ()
• tuliptree silkmoth ()
• wild silkmoth ()
• zephyr eyed silkmoth ()

References

• silkmoth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia