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Definition of Family 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 Family Bombycidae
Literary usage of Family Bombycidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1893)
"... has shared the fate of disintegration with the family " Bombycidae." Dr.
Packard now recognizes three family groups ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"... but the importance of these points has been perhaps somewhat exaggerated.1 Although
the family Bombycidae is very widely distributed in the warmer ..."
3. Injurious and Useful Insects: An Introduction to the Study of Economic by Louis Compton Miall (1902)
"Wings broad, each with an eye. The only British species is the emperor-moth.
family Bombycidae (true silkworms). The family, as restricted here, ..."
4. The Gypsy Moth: Porthetria Dispar (Linn.). A Report of the Work of by Edward Howe Forbush, Charles Henry Fernald, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1896)
"... for instance, especially those of the family Bombycidae, is well known to
entomologists, and many remarkable instances are recorded. ..."
5. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"350 SATURNIID^E. BB. Hind wings with only one anal vein. p. 350... SATURNI ID.ÌE.
Family BOMBYCIDAE (Bom-byc'i-dae). The Silk-worm. ..."
6. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"family Bombycidae (True Silk Worms).—The only representative of this family in
North America is the Silk Worm (Bombyx mori L.) introduced many years ago ..."
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