Concept information
Preferred term
Bombyx
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Silkmoth
- Silkmoths
- Silkworm
- Silkworms
Scope note
- A genus of silkworm MOTHS in the family Bombycidae of the order LEPIDOPTERA. The family contains a single species, Bombyx mori from the Greek for silkworm + mulberry tree (on which it feeds). A native of Asia, it is sometimes reared in this country. It has long been raised for its SILK and after centuries of domestication it probably does not exist in nature. It is used extensively in experimental GENETICS. (From Borror et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p519)
History note
- 2005 (1963)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Bombyx
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Swedish
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Silkesfjäril
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012831
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