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Definition of Bombycidae
1. Noun. Chinese silkworm moth.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Bombycid, Bombycid Moth, Silkworm Moth, Bombyx, Genus Bombyx
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombycidae
Literary usage of Bombycidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"Treatment consists in the cutting and burning of the infested stems and branches.
FAMILY III.—Bombycidae. ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1884)
"In the American classification of the Lepidoptera, the Bombycidae occupy a place
between the ... The largest moths in America belong to the Bombycidae. ..."
3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1877)
"... C. asteroides, Caldaia sp. ; food-plants, transformations], p. 135-141. V.
Notes on some New York Bombycidae [Ca//imor- pha ..."
4. Bibliographia zoologica by Concilium Bibliographicum (1898)
"20. No. 7. p. 129. [595.7S B. ""Grote, AB 1887. 1888. The Classification of the
Bombycidae ... Remarks on the Family Bombycidae. ... Notes on Bombycidae. ..."
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