silkmoth

Betekenis (Engels)

Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the familes Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the Lasiocampidae).

Sinonieme

mulberry silkworm moth

Vertalings

Maulbeerspinner

μεταξοσκώληκας

bombyx du mûrier

zijderups

gusano de seda

ipek böceği

Etimologie (Engels)

From silk + moth.