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Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
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

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Bombycidae
genus
Bombyx
species
Bombyx mori

Name

Synonyms
Bombyx arracanensis Moore & Hutton, 1862
Bombyx brunnea Grünberg, 1911
Bombyx croesi Moore & Hutton, 1862
Bombyx croesiformis Moore & Hutton, 1862
Bombyx fortunatus Moore & Hutton, 1862
Bombyx meridionalis Wood-Mason, 1886
Bombyx sinensis Moore & Hutton, 1862
Bombyx textor Moore & Hutton, 1862
Phalaena mori Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758
Bombyx mori Backokjam
Common names
Baco da seta in Italian
Bicho-da-seda in Portuguese
Bombice del gelso in Italian
Bombyx du mûrier in French
Cuco de seda in Aragonese
Domestic silk moth in English
Domesticated Silkmoth in English
Don Hugo in English
Fluture de mătase in Romanian
Gusano de seda in Spanish
Maulbeer-Seidenspinner in German
Maulbeerspinner in German
Seidenspinner in German
Selyemlepke in Hungarian
Siisenspaner in language.
Silkkiperhonen in Finnish
Symot in Afrikaans
Zijderups in Dutch
bourec morušový in Czech
guxán de seda in language.
jedwabnik morwowy in Polish
kaiku in language.
priadka morušová in Slovak
silkworm in English
silkworm in English
ver à soie in French
ver à soie in French
İpek böceği in Turkish
Тутавы шаўкапрад in Belarusian
Шелкопряд тутовый in Russian
טוואי-משי תרבותי in Hebrew
তুঁত রেশম in Bengali
カイコ in Japanese
カイコガ in Japanese
家蠶 in Chinese
蠶 in Chinese
野家蠶 in Chinese
누에 in Korean
누에나방 in Korean
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