Lepidoptera19 species

Family Silkworm Moths (Bombycidae)

Bombycidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 19 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Bombycidae (19)

Anticla antica

Anticla antica is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Venezuela.

Bombyx lemeepauli

Bombyx lemeepauli is a species of Bombycidae in the genus Bombyx. It was described by Albert Marie Victor Lemée in 1950. It is found in Vietnam and China.

Wild Silkmoth

Bombyx mandarina

Bombyx mandarina, the wild silkmoth, is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of Bombyx mori the domesticated silkmoth or "silkworm" (properly, this refers to the caterpillars only). Unlike the domesticated relative wh

Domesticated Silkmoth

Bombyx mori

Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of Bombyx mandarina, the wild silkmoth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silkmoth. It is an economically important insect, being

Colla coelestis

Colla coelestis is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1910. It is found in Costa Rica.

Colla rhodope

Colla rhodope is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Drury in 1782. It is found from Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.

Ernolatia moorei

Ernolatia moorei is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Borneo and Taiwan.

Gastridiota adoxima

Gastridiota is a monotypic genus consisting solely of Gastridiota adoxima, a moth of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1922 but the species had been described by him in 1902 as Andraca adoxima. It is found in t

Gunda javanica

Gunda javanica is a moth of the Bombycidae family. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya, Burma, Sundaland, Palawan and Sulawesi. The habitat consists of lowland rainforest.

Gunda ochracea

Gunda ochracea is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in the Indian subregion and from South-east Asia to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. The habitat consists of various lowland for

Ocinara albicollis

Ocinara albicollis is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Walker in 1862. It is found in Kenya, China, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka and on Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The habitat consists of lower and upper montane forests, but

Penicillifera apicalis

Penicillifera apicalis is a moth of the Bombycidae family. It is found from the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya to Sundaland and the Philippines.

Rondotia menciana

Rondotia menciana is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found in Zhejiang, China.

Greenish Silk-Moth

Trilocha varians

Trilocha varians is a moth in the Bombycidae family described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is widespread in the Oriental region from India, Sri Lanka, China, extending to Taiwan, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Java.

Triuncina brunnea

Triuncina brunnea is a moth in the family Bombycidae first described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1911. It is found in Taiwan.

Spotted Apatelodes

Apatelodes torrefacta