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Definition of Silkworm moth
1. Noun. Any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
Generic synonyms: Saturniid, Saturniid Moth
Specialized synonyms: Cynthia Moth, Samia Cynthia, Samia Walkeri, Atlas Moth, Atticus Atlas
2. Noun. Moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk.
Generic synonyms: Moth
Group relationships: Bombycidae, Family Bombycidae
Specialized synonyms: Bombyx Mori, Domestic Silkworm Moth, Domesticated Silkworm Moth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silkworm Moth
Literary usage of Silkworm moth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"SOME silkworm moth REFLEXES. VERNON L. KELLOGG. silkworm moths, Bombyx mori, are
sexually mature and eager to mate immediately on issuing from the pupal ..."
2. The Book of Butterflies, Sphinges, and Moths: Illustrated by One Hundred and by Thomas Brown (1832)
"THE silkworm moth is of a pale buff colour, having two faint lines crossing the
wings, which are slightly bent, or curved at their apices. ..."
3. The Chemical News (1860)
"I have here a large number of specimens of silk obtained from other species of
moth besides our common silkworm moth. That is an important point to ..."
4. The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce: With a Copious List of by John Yeats (1878)
"The following are the most important insects, regarded from a commercial point
of view. The silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) belongs to the family ..."
5. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"SILKWORMS I WAS puzzled by the phrase, "silkworm-moth eyebrow," in an old Japanese,
or rather Chinese proverb: "The silkworm-moth eyebrow of a woman is the ..."
6. Objects for the Microscope: Being a Popular Description of the Most by Louisa Lane Clarke (1863)
"ANTENNAE OF silkworm moth. These will form an example of the variation of the
Antennae in the sexes ; those of the male Moth being ..."
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