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Bombyx
''Bombyx'' is the genus of true silk moths or mulberry silk moths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silk moths. The genus was erected as a subgenus by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' (1758). Species * ''Bombyx horsfieldi'' (Moore, 1860) * ''Bombyx huttoni'' Westwood, 1847 * ''Bombyx incomposita'' van Eecke, 1929 * ''Bombyx lemeepauli'' Lemée, 1950 * ''Bombyx mandarina'' (Moore, 1872) – wild silk moth * ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – domestic silk moth * ''Bombyx rotundapex'' Miyata & Kishida, 1990 * ''Bombyx shini'' Park and Sohn, 2002 Hybrids Two instances of semi-natural hybridisation are known within this genus: * ''Bombyx'' hybrid, a hybrid between a male ''B. mandarina'' and a female ''B. mori'' * ''Bombyx'' second hybrid, a hybrid between a male ''B. mori'' and a female ''B. mandarina'' Food The caterpillars feed on Moraceae The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Mori
The domestic silk moth (''Bombyx mori''), is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of ''Bombyx mandarina'', the wild silk moth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk. A silkworm's preferred food are white mulberry leaves, though they may eat other mulberry species and even the osage orange. Domestic silk moths are entirely dependent on humans for reproduction, as a result of millennia of selective breeding. Wild silk moths (other species of ''Bombyx'') are not as commercially viable in the production of silk. Sericulture, the practice of breeding silkworms for the production of raw silk, has been under way for at least 5,000 years in China, whence it spread to India, Korea, Nepal, Japan, and the West. The domestic silk moth was domesticated from the wild silk moth ''Bombyx mandarina'', which has a range from northern India to northern China, Korea, Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Mandarina
''Bombyx mandarina'', the wild silk moth, is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of ''Bombyx mori'', the domesticated silk moth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. Unlike the domesticated relative which is unable to fly or indeed persist outside human care, the wild silk moth is a fairly ordinary lepidopteran. Its main difference from the domesticated taxon is the more slender body with well-developed wings in males, and the dull greyish-brown colour. Phylogeny and systematics ''Bombyx mandarina'' and the domesticated ''Bombyx mori'' constitute two of the currently identified eight species of the genus ''Bombyx'', the true or mulberry silk moths. The origin of the domestic silk moth is enigmatic. It has been suggested that it is the survivor of an extinct species which diverged from the ancestors of ''Bombyx mandarina'' millions of years ago. However, this is based on an untenable molecular clock hypothesis that assumes that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Shini
''Bombyx'' is the genus of true silk moths or mulberry silk moths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silk moths. The genus was erected as a subgenus by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' (1758). Species * ''Bombyx horsfieldi'' (Moore, 1860) * ''Bombyx huttoni'' Westwood, 1847 * ''Bombyx incomposita'' van Eecke, 1929 * ''Bombyx lemeepauli'' Lemée, 1950 * ''Bombyx mandarina'' (Moore, 1872) – wild silk moth * ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – domestic silk moth * ''Bombyx rotundapex'' Miyata & Kishida, 1990 * ''Bombyx shini'' Park and Sohn, 2002 Hybrids Two instances of semi-natural hybridisation are known within this genus: * ''Bombyx'' hybrid, a hybrid between a male ''B. mandarina'' and a female ''B. mori'' * ''Bombyx'' second hybrid, a hybrid between a male ''B. mori'' and a female ''B. mandarina'' Food The caterpillars feed on Moraceae The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Huttoni
''Bombyx huttoni'', or the chocolate-tipped silk moth, is a moth belonging to the silk moth family, Bombycidae. It is closely related to the domestic silk moth (''Bombyx mori''). It was described by John O. Westwood in 1847. Westwood named the species after a Captain Thomas Hutton, FRGS of Mussoorie who forwarded the specimen to him. The type specimen was collected by Hutton in Simla in 1837 but illness of the collector and the advent of the First Anglo-Afghan War delayed its dispatch to Europe till 1842. ''Bombyx huttoni'' is one of the moths of the superfamily Bombycoidea which have had their complete mitochondrial genome reconstructed from whole-genome Illumina sequencing data. Description The wings of the adult moth ''B. huttoni'' have concave margins. The wingspan is in males and in females. The forewings are grey-brown with a dark brown line across the forewing; the innermost lines near the base of the wing are double curves. The tip of the firewing has a dark chocolat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Hybrid
The ''Bombyx'' hybrid is a hybrid between a male ''Bombyx mandarina'' moth and a female ''Bombyx mori The domestic silk moth (''Bombyx mori''), is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of ''Bombyx mandarina'', the wild silk moth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. It is an economically imp ...'' moth. They produce larvae called silkworms, like all species of ''Bombyx''. The larvae look a lot like the other variations. They are brown in the first half and gray at the bottom half, but they get larger black spots than other variations. Generally, they look like a normal ''Bombyx'' moth, but a bit darker. Hybrids are not used for silk, but for research. Because ''Bombyx mori'' males lost their ability to fly, their females are much more likely to mate with a male ''Bombyx mandarina''. The reverse is possible, but both species have to be kept in the same container. Since ''Bombyx'' hybrids are much more common than the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Second Hybrid
The ''Bombyx'' second hybrid is a cross between a male ''Bombyx mori'' moth and a female ''Bombyx mandarina ''Bombyx mandarina'', the wild silk moth, is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of '' Bombyx mori'', the domesticated silk moth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. Unlike the domesticated ...'' moth. Since the male ''Bombyx mori'' (domestic silkmoth) does not fly, it is completely dependent on humans to reproduce. They produce larvae called silkworms, like all species in ''Bombyx'', except they are brownish in the first half and grayish at the bottom half. They produce silk and give out black droppings. The domestic silkmoth (''B. mori'') was domesticated from the wild silkmoth (''B. mandarina'') more than 5,000 years ago. Bombycidae Hybrid animals {{Bombycidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Lemeepauli
''Bombyx lemeepauli'' is a species of Bombycidae in the genus ''Bombyx''. It was described by Albert Marie Victor Lemée in 1950. It is found in Vietnam and China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... References Moths described in 1950 Bombycidae {{Bombycidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morus (plant)
''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of diverse species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 identified species, three of which are well-known and are ostensibly named for the fruit color of the best-known cultivar: white, red, and black mulberry (''Morus alba'', '' M. rubra'', and '' M. nigra'', respectively), with numerous cultivars. ''M. alba'' is native to South Asia, but is widely distributed across Europe, Southern Africa, South America, and North America. ''M. alba'' is also the species most preferred by the silkworm, and is regarded as an invasive species in Brazil and the United States. The closely related genus ''Broussonetia'' is also commonly known as mulberry, notably the paper mulberry (''Broussonetia papyrifera''). Description Mulberries are fast-growing when young, and can grow to tall. The leaves ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombycidae
The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known species is ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is ''Bombyx mandarina'', also native to Asia. Taxonomy The family was recently severely restricted, and currently contains only one or two subfamilies, the Bombycinae and Epiinae (previously the tribe Epiini). The former subfamilies Oberthueriinae and Prismostictinae have been placed as subjective junior synonyms of Endromidae. The former subfamilies Apatelodinae and Phiditiinae have been reinstated as separate families. Genera This list is provisional. '' Ephoria'' may be a synonym of '' Epholca'' (Geometridae: Ennominae: Ourapterygini), and ''Epia'' may be one of ''Hadena'' (Noctuidae: Hadeninae: Hadenini), and may also be placed within Apatelodidae, along with ''Tamphana''. Some genera were formerly placed in Apatelodinae, such as ''Anticla'' and ''Quentalia''.Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Horsfieldi
''Bombyx horsfieldi'' is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1860. It is found in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... References Bombycidae Moths described in 1860 {{Bombycidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Incomposita
''Bombyx incomposita'' is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by van Eecke in 1929. It is found on Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas .... The habitat consists of lowland rainforests. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Bombycidae Moths described in 1929 {{Bombycidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyx Rotundapex
''Bombyx rotundapex'' is a moth of the family Bombycidae. It is found in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... References Moths described in 1990 Bombycidae {{Bombycidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
