Bombycidae Dysauxes punctata Brahmaea (Acanthobrahmaea) europaea
Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Domestic Silkmoth

Genus: Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758   Original genus: Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758

B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), unknown locality, June 14, 2009
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), unknown locality, June 13, 2012
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), unknown locality, June 13, 2012
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adults (mating), unknown locality, June 13, 2012
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), unknown locality, June 1997
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), Lagonegro (Potenza), July 1988
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adults (mating), Lagonegro (Potenza), July 1988
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, unknown locality, May 24, 2009
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, unknown locality, April 23, 2012
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, unknown locality, May 23, 2012
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, unknown locality, June 1996
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, unknown locality, June 1996
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Cocoons, unknown locality, June 1, 2009
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Cocoons, unknown locality, June 5, 2012
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
B. mori (© Paolo Mazzei)
Pupa, unknown locality, June 14, 2009
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Foodplants:
Moraceae, Morus alba, sometimes Scorzonera, sometimes Fagus

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