Category
page 1Bombycidae
Bombyx mori
insect from the moth family
Bombycidae
The Bombycidae are a family of moths known as silkworm moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori (Linnaeus), or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is Bombyx mandarina, also native to Asia.
Bombyx
Bombyx is the genus of true silk moths or mulberry silk moths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silk moths. The genus was erected as a subgenus by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae (1758).
Bombyx mandarina
species of insect
Penicillifera apicalis
species of insect
Gunda
Gunda is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae (silk moths). The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862. It is primarily an Oriental genus, found in India, China and South-east Asia.
Anticla
Anticla is a genus of moths of the Bombycidae family.
Cheneya
Cheneya is a small genus of moths of the family Bombycidae, within which it is placed in subfamily Epiinae.
Gunda javanica
species of insect
Rondotia diaphana
species of insect
Rondotia
Rondotia is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1885.
Rondotia lineata
species of insect
Ocinara
Ocinara is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1856.
Anticla antica
species of insect
Epia domina
species of insect
Colla aerila
species of insect
Ocinara albicollis
species of insect
Quentalia
Quentalia is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae first described by William Schaus in 1929. It has at times been placed in the family Apatelodidae, but recent research indicates the subfamily Epiinae, to which Quentalia belongs, is affiliated with Bombycidae.
Tamphana marmorea
species of insect
Cheneya irrufata
species of insect
Quentalia lividia
species of insect
Penicillifera
Penicillifera is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.
Trilocha
Trilocha is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1855. It is sometimes treated as a synonym of Ocinara.
Epia muscosa
species of insect
Gunda ochracea
species of insect
Triuncina brunnea
species of insect
Colla opalifera
species of insect
Ernolatia lida
species of insect
Ernolatia
Ernolatia is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862.
Colla rhodope
species of insect
Gunda proxima
species of insect
Triuncina
Triuncina is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.
Ernolatia moorei
species of insect
Epia lebethra
species of insect
Tamphana
Tamphana is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae.
Colla netrix
species of insect
Epia
genus of insects
Colla
genus of insects
Anticla ortygia
species of insect
Trilocha varians
species of insect
Epia picta
species of insect
Anticla flavaria
species of insect
Trilocha friedeli
species of insect
Tamphana inferna
species of insect
Bivincula diaphana
species of insect
Anticla tarasia
species of insect
Gunda engonata
species of insect
Colla jehlei
species of insect
Bivincula
Bivincula is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.
Epia erdae
species of insect
Ocinara abbreviata
species of insect
Colla klagesi
species of insect
Elachyophtalma bicolor
species of insect
Ocinara bifurcula
species of insect
Tamphana maoma
species of insect
Vinculinula attacoides
species of insect
Epia hiemalis
species of insect
Colla amoena
species of insect
Elachyophtalma
Elachyophtalma is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Cajetan Felder in 1861.
Tamphana orion
species of insect