silk moth
noun
1
: the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
2
: saturniid
especially
: one (such as the cecropia moth) that produces a cocoon of silk
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According to ancient Chinese lore, the wife of the Yellow Emperor was sipping hot tea under a mulberry tree when the cocoon of a silkworm, the larva of a silk moth, fell into her cup.
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Amy Paturel, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Through selective breeding, the domestic silk moths became less capable of flight and evading predators, eventually relying entirely on human care for their survival.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The team boiled silk moth cocoons in a solution to break them down into proteins called fibroin.
—Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Along the way, the scholar shines a light on historical figures like Shaikh Zain ud-Din, an 18th-century Indian artist who painted illustrations of silk moths, and Ramón María Termeyer, a Spanish priest who studied silk-producing animals, especially spiders, in mid-18th-century South America.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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Amy Paturel, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Through selective breeding, the domestic silk moths became less capable of flight and evading predators, eventually relying entirely on human care for their survival.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The team boiled silk moth cocoons in a solution to break them down into proteins called fibroin.
—Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Along the way, the scholar shines a light on historical figures like Shaikh Zain ud-Din, an 18th-century Indian artist who painted illustrations of silk moths, and Ramón María Termeyer, a Spanish priest who studied silk-producing animals, especially spiders, in mid-18th-century South America.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Silk moth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silk%20moth. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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