silkmoth

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

mulberry silkworm moth

Translations

Maulbeerspinner

μεταξοσκώληκας

Etymology

From silk + moth.

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