Bombyx 3159513 211507533 2008-05-10T18:49:57Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[fr:Bombyx]] {{Taxobox | name = ''Bombyx'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | subordo = [[Macrolepidoptera]] | superfamilia = [[Bombycoidea]] | familia = [[Bombycidae]] | genus = '''''Bombyx''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[Systema Naturae|1758]]{{Verify source|date=July 2007}} | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = ''[[Bombyx mandarina]]''<br/> ''[[Bombyx mori]]'' }} '''''Bombyx''''' is the [[genus]] of '''true silkmoths''' or '''mulberry silkmoths''', [[moth]]s of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Bombycidae]]. It contains only two [[species]]: * ''[[Bombyx mandarina]]'', wild silkmoth * ''[[Bombyx mori]]'', domesticated silkmoth. "Silkworm" is the name usually applied to the [[caterpillar]]s of this species. The [[caterpillars]] feed on [[Moraceae]], especially on mulberries (''[[Morus (plant)|Morus]]''). {{moth-stub}} [[Category:Bombycidae]] [[fr:Bombyx]]