- The
sweetbay silkmoth (Callosamia securifera) is a
saturniid in the
genus Callosamia. It was
named after the host tree,
Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay magnolia)...
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mimic of
promethea silkmoth males to pipe vine swallowtails, is
adequate protection against predation.
Female promethea silkmoths release pheromones to...
- Metta; J.
Nagaraju (2006). "Molecular
phylogeny of
silkmoths reveals the
origin of
domesticated silkmoth,
Bombyx mori from
Chinese Bombyx mandarina and paternal...
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Hyalophora cecropia, the
cecropia moth, is
North America's
largest native moth. It is a
member of the
family Saturniidae, or
giant silk moths. Females...
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Rothschildia orizaba, the
Orizaba silkmoth, is a moth in the
family Saturniidae. The
species was
first described by John O.
Westwood in 1854. It is found...
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Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It
contains only one species, the
ghostly silkmoth (Ceranchia
apollina Butler, 1878)
endemic to Madagascar. Diet consists...
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Samia cynthia, the
ailanthus silkmoth, is a
saturniid moth, used to
produce silk
fabric but not as
domesticated as the silkworm,
Bombyx mori. The moth...
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Adarsh Gupta. K. "Molecular
architecture of silk
fibroin of
Indian golden silkmoth,
Antheraea ****ama". "Preparation and
characterization of
Antheraea ****ama...
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Antheraea yamamai, the ****anese silk moth or ****anese oak
silkmoth (****anese: yamamayu(ga) (山繭(蛾)・ヤママユ(ガ)) or
tensan (天蚕)) is a moth of the
family Saturniidae...
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Rhodinia fugax, the
squeaking silkmoth, is a moth in the
family Saturniidae. It was
described by
Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is
native to Korea...
