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Silk moth

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(Zool.) the adult moth of any silkworm. See Silkworm.

See also: Silk



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Through selective breeding of moths with the desired traits, they developed a domestic species of silk moth (Bombyx mori) whose caterpillars produce smoother, finer filaments.
Silk that we wear comes from the coccoons made by the caterpillars of silk moths.
It was thought the fly would kill leaf-eating and poisonous moths, but instead it is devastating the desirable silk moth.
 
 
 
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