Silkworm moth genera are the genera of the family Bombycidae in the order Lepidoptera, where GBIF lists its genera. The biggest by descendant taxa are Quentalia with about 99, Bombyx with about 50 and Colla with about 33, followed by Elachyophtalma, Racinoa, Epia, Ocinara, Penicillifera and Naprepa. Animal Diversity Web names the same family and lists genera such as Andraca, Bombyx, Mustilia, Ocinara, Rondotia, Trilocha and Penicillifera.
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Silkworm Moth Genera (Bombycidae)
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Bombycidae
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"canonicalName":"Bombyx","vernacularName":"Mulberry Silkmoths","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 10th ed., Vol. 1, 824 pp. [in Latin] Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886","numDescendants":50
Children of Bombycidae: Quentalia
"canonicalName":"Quentalia","authorship":"Schaus, 1929","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Seitz (1929) Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde. Macrolepidoptera of the world. 6.","numDescendants":99
Children of Bombycidae: Colla
"canonicalName":"Colla","authorship":"Walker, 1865","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Walker (1865) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum.","numDescendants":33
Children of Bombycidae: Elachyophtalma
"canonicalName":"Elachyophtalma","authorship":"Felder, 1861","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Felder (1861) Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 43.","numDescendants":25
Children of Bombycidae: Racinoa
"canonicalName":"Racinoa","authorship":"Bouyer, 2008","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Bouyer Th., 2008c, Description de nouveaux genres de Bombycidae africains (Lepidoptera). Etude sur les Bombycidae : note n° 1. vol 13 issue 2 pages 60-64","numDescendants":23
Children of Bombycidae: Epia
"canonicalName":"Epia","authorship":"Hübner","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Hübner (1820) Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge.","numDescendants":21
Children of Bombycidae: Ocinara
"canonicalName":"Ocinara","authorship":"Walker, 1856","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Walker (1856) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum.","numDescendants":17
Children of Bombycidae: Penicillifera
"canonicalName":"Penicillifera","authorship":"Dierl, 1978","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Dierl (1978) Spixiana. 1.","numDescendants":16
Children of Bombycidae: Naprepa
"canonicalName":"Naprepa","authorship":"Walker, 1855","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Walker, Francis. 1855. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum pt.5: 977-1257.","numDescendants":16
Children of Bombycidae: Rondotia
"canonicalName":"Rondotia","authorship":"Moore, 1885","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Moore (1885) Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15.","numDescendants":7
Children of Bombycidae: Trilocha
"canonicalName":"Trilocha","authorship":"Moore, 1860","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Horsfield & Moore (1860) A catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of Natural History at the East-India House. 2.","numDescendants":11
View the Source Animal Diversity Web: Bombycidae
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Genus Bombyx
Wikipedia: Bombyx
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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.
Wikipedia: Trilocha
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Trilocha is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1855.
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