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Bombyx mori, commonly known as the domestic silk moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of Bombyx mandarina , the wild silk moth. Silkworms are the larvae of silk moths.
The best-known species is Bombyx mori , or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is Bombyx mandarina , also native to Asia. Taxonomy
A silkworm, Bombyx mori, feeding on a mulberry tree. Mulberry leaves, particularly those of the white mulberry, are ecologically important as the sole food source of the silkworm (Bombyx mori, named after the mulberry genus Morus), the cocoon of which is used to make silk. [27] [28] The wild silk moth also eats mulberry.
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 [ 2 ] by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae (1758).
The most notable of these is the silkworm, the larva of the domesticated moth Bombyx mori. It is farmed for the silk with which it builds its cocoon. As of 2002, the silk industry produces more than 130 million kilograms of raw silk, worth about 250 million U.S. dollars, each year. [14] [15] [16] Not all silk is produced by Bombyx mori.
Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758 Note: an exotic species maintained in domestic situations only for the silk trade; native to China; Bombyx lugubris (Drury, 1782) (= Theophila lugubris (Drury, 1782) sensu Hampson, 1892) Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847
Unlike silk produced by the related domestic silkmoth (Bombyx mori), Atlas moth silk is secreted as broken strands and is therefore less desirable. This brown, wool-like silk, known as fagara, is thought to have greater durability. [13]
In Bombyx mori, the biosynthesis is activated diurnally by pheromones through a neurohormone, the so-called pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide (PBAN). [40] The pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide (PBAN) is a neurohormone. The hormonal mechanisms of pheromone production vary considerably from species to species. [41]