Bombyx mori

Bombyx mori
Paired male (abuin), female (ablo)
Fift instar silkworm larvae Video: Metamorphosis/Life cycle o the Silkworm
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)
Synonyms
Phalaena mori Linnaeus, 1758 Bombyx arracanensis Moore & Hutton, 1862 Bombyx brunnea Grünberg, 1911 Bombyx croesi Moore & Hutton, 1862 Bombyx fortunatus Moore & Hutton, 1862 Bombyx meridionalis Wood-Mason, 1886 Bombyx sinensis Moore & Hutton, 1862 Bombyx textor Moore & Hutton, 1862

The silkworm is the larva or caterpeelar o the domesticatit silkmoch, Bombyx mori (Laitin: "silkworm o the mulberry tree").