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Bombyx Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Bombyx Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Kitching I Rougerie R Zwick A Hamilton C St Laurent R Naumann S Ballesteros Mejia L Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236
Bombyx
Genus recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Australia Species List, China Species List, Spain Species List, Taiwan Species List, Vietnam Species List, wikipedia ID, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, North Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Bombyx
Recognized by Furui 2020
Bombyx Annulipes
Recognized by Flickr Group
Bombyx Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage
Minyas
Genus recognized by Gulf of Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, South Atlantic Species List, United States Species List, and wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Minyas
Subgenus recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Minyas
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Theophila
Genus recognized by NCBI and wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Bombyx annulata Fabricius 1777
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx argus Fabricius 1781
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx austera Denis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx banksiae Lewin 1805
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx brunnea Grünberg 1911
Misapplied according to GBIF classification
Bombyx castalia Fabricius 1775
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx cinereola Hübner 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx credula Fabricius 1775
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx cytherea Fabricius 1775
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx dromedarius Linnaeus 1767
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx erythrinae Fabricius 1781
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx ferruginea Esper 1785
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx gloriosae Fabricius 1775
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx helvola Hübner 1803
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx l-nigrum Müller 1764
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx lewinae Lewin 1805
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx morio Linnaeus 1767
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx ocularia Fabricius 1775
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx oubie Guérin-Méneville 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx oxleyi Newman 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx ricini Fabricius 1775
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx sembris Hübner 1808
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx stigma Fabricius 1775
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx terrifica Denis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx vulnerans Lewin 1805
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bombyx
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF nat'l node type records Netherlands, NMNH type specimens, iNaturalist, Flickr BHL, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Minyas Savigny 1816
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Theophila Moore 1862
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

Arabic

قزية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

İpəkqurdu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

家蚕蛾属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Silkesommerfugl preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

カイコガ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Īstie zīdtauriņi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ossetian; Ossetic

Цыллæйы калм preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

قزيه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

家蚕蛾属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

家蠶蛾屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Bombyx Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Amphiesmenoptera
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Coelolepida
Myoglossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Eulepidoptera
Ditrysia
Apoditrysia
Obtectomera
Macroheterocera
Bombycoidea
Bombycidae
Bombycinae
Bombyx Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Bombyx horsfieldi Moore 1859
Bombyx huttoni Westwood 1847
Bombyx incomposita (van Eecke 1929)
Bombyx lemeepauli Lemee 1950
Bombyx lugubris (Drury 1782)
Bombyx mandarina Moore 1872
Bombyx mori Linnaeus 1758
Bombyx polygoni (Savigny 1816)
Bombyx shini Park & Sohn 2002
Amusaron Bouyer 2008
Bivincula Dierl 1978
Elachyophthalma Felder & C. 1861
Ernolatia Walker 1862
Gastridiota Turner 1922
Gnathocinara Dierl 1978
Gunda Walker 1862
Ocinara Walker 1856
Penicillifera Dierl 1978
Racinoa Bouyer 2008
Rondotia Moore 1885
Rotunda Wang, X. & Zolotuhin 2015
Trilocha Moore 1858
Triuncina Dierl 1978
Valvaribifidum Wang, X., Huang, G.-H., Wang & M. 2011
Vinculinula Dierl 1978
Vingerhoedtia Bouyer 2008

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycoidea
Bombycidae
Bombycinae
Bombyx Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Bombyx crenulata Lucas 1893
Bombyx dapsilis Perty 1833
Bombyx horsfieldi Moore 1859
Bombyx huttoni Westwood 1847
Bombyx incomposita van Eecke 1929
Bombyx lemeepauli Lemée 1950
Bombyx lugubris Drury 1782
Bombyx mandarina Moore 1872
Bombyx mori Linnaeus 1758
Bombyx polygoni Savigny 1816
Bombyx rotundapex Miyata & Kishida 1990
Bombyx shini Park & Sohn 2002
Amusaron Bouyer 2008
Bivincula Dierl 1978
Bivinculata Dierl 1978
Elachyophtalma Felder 1861
Ernolatia Walker 1862
Gastridiota Turner 1922
Gnathocinara Dierl 1978
Gunda Walker 1862
Ocinara Walker 1856
Penicillifera Dierl 1978
Racinoa Bouyer 2008
Rondotia Moore 1885
Trilocha Moore 1860
Triuncina Dierl 1978
Vinculinula Dierl 1978
Vingerhoedtia Bouyer 2008

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Amphiesmenoptera
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Coelolepida
Myoglossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Eulepidoptera
Ditrysia
Apoditrysia
Obtectomera
Macroheterocera
Bombycoidea
Bombycidae
Bombycinae
Bombyx Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Bombyx horsfieldi Moore 1859
Bombyx huttoni Westwood 1847
Bombyx incomposita (van Eecke 1929)
Bombyx lemeepauli Lemee 1950
Bombyx lugubris (Drury 1782)
Bombyx mandarina Moore 1872
Bombyx mori Linnaeus 1758
Bombyx polygoni (Savigny 1816)
Bombyx shini Park & Sohn 2002
Amusaron Bouyer 2008
Bivincula Dierl 1978
Elachyophthalma Felder & C. 1861
Ernolatia Walker 1862
Gastridiota Turner 1922
Gnathocinara Dierl 1978
Gunda Walker 1862
Ocinara Walker 1856
Penicillifera Dierl 1978
Racinoa Bouyer 2008
Rondotia Moore 1885
Rotunda Wang, X. & Zolotuhin 2015
Trilocha Moore 1858
Triuncina Dierl 1978
Valvaribifidum
Vinculinula Dierl 1978
Vingerhoedtia Bouyer 2008

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Bombycidae
Bombyx Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Bombyx alphaea
Bombyx barnardi Lucas 1895
Bombyx certhia Fabricius 1793
Bombyx crenulata Lucas 1893
Bombyx cygnea
Bombyx dapsilis Perty 1833
Bombyx deserticola Berg 1875
Bombyx dispar Thunberg 1784
Bombyx elegans Fabricius 1787
Bombyx flava
Bombyx fusca
Bombyx hibisci Fabricius 1775
Bombyx horsfieldi Moore 1859
Bombyx huttoni
Bombyx incomposita van Eecke 1929
Bombyx lemee-oauli Lemée 1950
Bombyx lemeepauli
Bombyx libialis
Bombyx lugens
Bombyx lugubris Drury
Bombyx lutea
Bombyx mori Linnaeus 1758
Bombyx nuda
Bombyx orientalis Fabricius 1793
Bombyx polygoni Savigny 1816
Bombyx pulchella
Bombyx pylotis
Bombyx religiosa
Bombyx rotundapex Miyata & Kishida 1990
Bombyx rutila
Bombyx signata Thunberg 1792
Bombyx v-nigrum
Amusaron Bouyer 2008
Andraca Walker 1865
Anticla Walker 1855
Arotros Schaus 1892
Bivincula Dierl 1978
Bivinculata Dierl 1978
Bombycites Heer 1849
Carnotena Walker 1865
Cheneya Schaus 1929
Clenora Swinhoe 1899
Colabata Walker 1856
Colla Walker 1865
Comparmustilia
Dalailama Staudinger 1895
Drepatelodes Draudt 1929
Ectrocta Hampson 1893
Elachyophtalma Felder 1861
Epia Hübner 1820
Ernolatia Walker 1862
Euhalisidota Grote 1865
Falcatelodes Draudt 1929
Gastridiota Turner 1922
Gnathocinara Dierl 1978
Gunda
Hanisa Moore 1879
Hygrochroa Hübner 1823
Moeschleria Saalmüller 1890
Mustilia Walker 1865
Mustilizans Yang 1995
Naprepa Walker 1855
Norasuma Moore 1872
Oberthueria Staudinger 1892
Ocinara Walker 1856
Olceclostera Butler 1878
Penicillifera Dierl 1978
Phiditia Möschler 1882
Prismosticta Butler 1880
Prismostictoides Zolotuhin & Theiu 2011
Prothysana Walker 1855
Pseudandraca Miyata 1970
Quentalia Schaus 1929
Racinoa Bouyer 2008
Rolepa Walker 1855
Rondotia Moore 1885
Sorocaba Moore 1883
Tamphana Schaus 1892
Tarchon Druce 1887
Tepilia Walker 1855
Thelosia Schaus 1896
Thyrioclostera Draudt 1929
Trilocha Moore 1860
Triuncina Dierl 1978
Vinculinula Dierl 1978
Zanola Walker 1855
Zolessia Biezanko & Monné 1968

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Lepidoptera
Bombycoidea
Bombycidae
Bombycinae
Bombycini
Bombyx Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Bombyx mori (Linnaeus)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Amphiesmenoptera
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Ditrysia
Obtectomera
Bombycoidea
Bombycidae
Bombycinae
Theophila (this page)
Theophila religiosa
Amusaron
Anticla
Bombyx
Elachyophthalma
Epia
Ernolatia
Gunda
Ocinara
Penicillifera
Quentalia
Rondotia
Rotunda
Trilocha
Triuncina

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Amphiesmenoptera
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Ditrysia
Obtectomera
Bombycoidea
Bombycidae
Bombycinae
Bombyx (this page)
Bombyx huttoni
Bombyx lemeepauli
Bombyx mandarina
Bombyx mori
unclassified Bombyx
Amusaron
Anticla
Elachyophthalma
Epia
Ernolatia
Gunda
Ocinara
Penicillifera
Quentalia
Rondotia
Rotunda
Theophila
Trilocha
Triuncina

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Eumetabola
Endopterygota
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Coelolepida
Myoglossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Eulepidoptera
Ditrysia
Apoditrysia
Obtectomera
Macroheterocera
Bombycoidea
Bombycidae
Bombycinae
Bombyx (this page)
Bombyx alpicola
Bombyx alpina
Bombyx antiquoides
Bombyx arracanensis
Bombyx barnardi
Bombyx bengalensis
Bombyx brunnea
Bombyx caniola
Bombyx cereola
Bombyx crenulata
Bombyx croesiformis
Bombyx dapsilis
Bombyx flavicans
Bombyx flexula
Bombyx fortunatus
Bombyx fumosa
Bombyx fuscata
Bombyx horsfieldi
Bombyx huttoni
Bombyx incomposita
Bombyx lapponica
Bombyx lemeeoauli
Bombyx lemeepauli
Bombyx limosa
Bombyx luctifera
Bombyx luctuosa
Bombyx lugubris
Bombyx mandarina
Bombyx meridionalis
Bombyx mioleuca
Bombyx mori
Bombyx murisolens
Bombyx ocularis
Bombyx picta
Bombyx polygoni
Bombyx punctata
Bombyx rotundapex
Bombyx sherwilli
Bombyx shini
Bombyx sinensis
Bombyx sordida
Bombyx terebellum
Bombyx textor
Porela subfasciata
Amusaron
Aristhala
Bivincula
Bombycini
Clenora
Ectrocta
Ernolatia
Gnathocinara
Gunda
Hanisa
Norasuma
Ocinara
Penicillifera
Racinoa
Rondotia
Rotunda
Theophila
Trilocha
Triuncina
Valvaribifidum
Vinculinula
Vingerhoedtia

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Eumetabola
Endopterygota
Lepidoptera
Glossata
Coelolepida
Myoglossata
Neolepidoptera
Heteroneura
Eulepidoptera
Ditrysia
Apoditrysia
Obtectomera
Macroheterocera
Bombycoidea
Bombycidae
Bombycinae
Theophila (this page)
Theophila albicurva
Theophila mandarina
Amusaron
Aristhala
Bivincula
Bombycini
Bombyx
Clenora
Ectrocta
Ernolatia
Gnathocinara
Gunda
Hanisa
Norasuma
Ocinara
Penicillifera
Racinoa
Rondotia
Rotunda
Trilocha
Triuncina
Valvaribifidum
Vinculinula
Vingerhoedtia

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Actiniaria
Minyadidae
Minyas (this page)
Minyas coerulea
Minyas cyanea
Minyas flava
Minyas fuscescens
Minyas olivacea
Minyas torpedo
Minyas ultramarina
Minyas viridula
Phyllominyas
Acerominyas
Actinecta
Dactylominyas
Echinactis
Mynias
Nautactis
Oceanactis
Phlyctaenominyas
Phyllominyas

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Echinodermata
Echinozoa
Holothuroidea
Aspidochirotacea
Aspidochirotida
Holothuriidae
Holothuria
Minyas (this page)
Holothuria flava
Holothuria abbreviata
Holothuria africana
Holothuria albifasciata
Holothuria altimensis
Holothuria amboinensis
Holothuria anapinusa
Holothuria andersoni
Holothuria appendiculata
Holothuria argus
Holothuria armata
Holothuria aspera
Holothuria aurea
Holothuria bodotriae
Holothuria boutani
Holothuria bowensis
Holothuria brandtii
Holothuria brevis
Holothuria briareus
Holothuria caesarea
Holothuria captiva
Holothuria clemens
Holothuria collaris
Holothuria cucumer
Holothuria curiosa
Holothuria cuvieria
Holothuria denudata
Holothuria depressa
Holothuria dietrichii
Holothuria fasciola
Holothuria fisheri
Holothuria flammea
Holothuria flavo-maculata
Holothuria forskahli
Holothuria fossor
Holothuria frequentamentis
Holothuria fulva
Holothuria fusco-coerulea
Holothuria fusco-olivacea
Holothuria fusco-rubra
Holothuria fusiformis
Holothuria gaertneri
Holothuria gallensis
Holothuria gelatinosa
Holothuria glutinosa
Holothuria grammata
Holothuria Gräffei
Holothuria Hartmeyeri
Holothuria heilprini
Holothuria Helleri
Holothuria heros
Holothuria hjalmari
Holothuria homoea
Holothuria humilis
Holothuria hydriformis
Holothuria hyndmani
Holothuria hypamma
Holothuria hystrix
Holothuria infesta
Holothuria kapiolaniae
Holothuria Klunzingeri
Holothuria koellikeri
Holothuria Kubaryi
Holothuria lagoena
Holothuria leopardus
Holothuria limbata
Holothuria littoralis
Holothuria longipes
Holothuria lucifuga
Holothuria ludwigi
Holothuria lutea
Holothuria macleari
Holothuria magellani
Holothuria mamillata
Holothuria mammiculata
Holothuria mammifera
Holothuria marenzelleri
Holothuria Martensii
Holothuria mauritiana
Holothuria Michaelseni
Holothuria Moebii
Holothuria mollis
Holothuria monosticha
Holothuria monotuberculata
Holothuria monsuni
Holothuria mortenseni
Holothuria murrayi
Holothuria neozelanica
Holothuria nitida
Holothuria nuda
Holothuria ophidiana
Holothuria ovata
Holothuria oxurropa
Holothuria paradoxa
Holothuria parinhabilis
Holothuria patagonica
Holothuria pentagona
Holothuria peregrina
Holothuria pertinax
Holothuria proceraspina
Holothuria prompta
185 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
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