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Bombycidae

10 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Bombycidae

Anticla antica is a bombycid moth described in 1855 by Francis Walker, found in Venezuela.

Colla rhodope Drury, 1782 is a moth with transparent white wings and a 2+1⁄2 inch wingspan.

Epia muscosa is a bombycid moth described in 1878, found from Mexico to the Amazon region.

Ocinara albicollis is a bombycid moth described in 1862, found across multiple regions of Asia and Africa.

Bombyx mori, the domestic silk moth, is a domesticated moth valued commercially for silk production and used as food in many cultures.

Bombyx mandarina, the wild silk moth, is the closest wild relative of the domesticated silk moth.

Trilocha varians is a moth species with two colour forms, specific larval features, and larvae that feed on Streblus and Ficus.

Ernolatia moorei is a bombycidae moth first described in 1865, found across parts of Asia, whose larvae feed on Ficus superba.

Penicillifera apicalis, the Oriental white silk-moth, is a bombycid moth described in 1862 found across South and Southeast Asia.

Gastridiota adoxima is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Gastridiota, found in subtropical eastern Australia.

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