Definitionn. moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk
Last update: June 22, 2015
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The males of the wild Bombycidæ "fly swiftly in the day-time and evening, but the females are usually very sluggish and inactive." [Please select]
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BOMBYCIDÆ, wingless females of, ii. [Please select]
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, on the habits of the Bombycidæ, i. [Please select]
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Family--BOMBYCIDÆ This family contains eleven thick-bodied moths, mostly of large size, in which the predominating colours are greys and browns. [Please select]
Among others of the interesting group of Silk worms (Bombycidæ) are Lithosa, Crocota and allies, which fly in the daytime, and the different species of Arctia, and the white Arctians, Spilosoma, and Leucarctia, the parent of the Salt-marsh Caterpillar. [Please select]
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