Bombyx: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Bombyx
Species
Scientific Name: Bombyx

Summary description from Wikipedia:

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).

Bombyx in languages:

Chinese: 蠶屬
Czech: bourec
English: True Silkmoths
English: Mulberry Silkmoths
Japanese: カイコガ属

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