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Bombyx mori
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The silkworm is the larva or caterpeelar o the domesticatit silkmoch, Bombyx mori (Laitin: "silkworm o the mulberry tree").
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Quick Facts Bombyx mori, Conservation status ...
Bombyx mori | |
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Paired male (abuin), female (ablo) | |
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Fift instar silkworm larvae | |
Conservation status | |
Domesticatit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Cless: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Faimily: | Bombycidae |
Genus: | Bombyx |
Species: | B. mori |
Binomial name | |
Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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