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Definition of Ailanthus silkworm
1. Noun. Large green silkworm of the cynthia moth.
Generic synonyms: Giant Silkworm, Silkworm, Wild Wilkworm
Group relationships: Genus Samia, Samia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ailanthus Silkworm
Literary usage of Ailanthus silkworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1862)
"Mr Howgate, in the "Social Science Review," makes the following remarks on this
subject: "Ihe eggs of the ailanthus silkworm are not preserved through the ..."
2. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1863)
"The butterfly of the ailanthus silkworm is much larger and more beautiful than
that of the ordinary silkworm ; the head is of a greyish brown, ..."
3. Bibliography of the More Important Contributions to American Economic Entomology by United States Bureau of Entomology, Nathan Banks, Samuel Henshaw (1889)
"... cynthia 112 Difference between the silkworms of the castor-bean and Ailanthus,
112—Introduction of the ailanthus silkworm into Europe, ..."
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